applicative vs germane

applicative

adj
  • Having practical application; applicable. 

  • Involving the application of an operator on an operand. 

  • Of a programming language: using successive functional transformations on data to arrive at a result. 

noun
  • A grammatical construct that casts a peripheral noun phrase as direct object. 

germane

adj
  • Related to a topic of discussion or consideration. 

noun
  • Any organic derivative of this compound. 

  • germanium tetrahydride, GeH₄ 

How often have the words applicative and germane occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )