central vs historic

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 

historic

adj
  • Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history. 

  • Synonym of historical: of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history or the past generally (See usage notes.) 

  • Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity. 

  • Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events. 

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