central vs pointed

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 

pointed

adj
  • Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant. 

  • Directed negatively at a person or topic. 

  • That has a named, but otherwise arbitrary, point (called the basepoint) that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion and is kept track of during all operations. 

  • Sharp, barbed; not dull. 

  • In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities. 

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