asserting vs interrogative

asserting

noun
  • The act of making assertions. 

interrogative

noun
  • A question; an interrogation. 

  • A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking a question: why, who, when, etc. 

adj
  • Asking or denoting a question: as, an interrogative phrase, pronoun, or point. 

  • Pertaining to inquiry; questioning 

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