central vs elementary

central

adj
  • Being very important, or key to something. 

  • Having or containing the centre of something. 

  • Being in the centre. 

  • Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs. 

noun
  • centre 

elementary

adj
  • Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something. 

  • Relating to an elementary school. 

  • Relating to a subatomic particle. 

noun
  • A supernatural being which is associated with the elements. 

  • An elementary school 

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