apposite vs operant

apposite

noun
  • That which is apposite; something suitable. 

adj
  • Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something. 

  • Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition. 

  • Related, homologous. 

operant

noun
  • An operative person or thing. 

  • Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment. 

adj
  • That operates to produce an effect. 

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