central vs instrumental

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 

instrumental

adj
  • essential or central; of great importance or relevance. 

  • Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice). 

  • Applied to a case expressing means or agency, generally indicated in English by by or with with the objective. 

  • Serving as an instrument, medium, means, or agency. 

noun
  • The instrumental case. 

  • A composition written or performed without lyrics, sometimes using a lead instrument to replace vocals. 

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