appointive vs binding

appointive

adj
  • Of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment. 

binding

adj
  • Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured. 

  • Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea. 

noun
  • A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment. 

  • The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together. 

  • An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together. 

  • The spine of a book where the pages are held together. 

  • The association of a named item with an element of a program. 

  • The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in. 

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