comment vs missive

comment

noun
  • A spoken or written remark. 

  • A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code. 

  • The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme. 

  • The act of commenting. 

verb
  • To make remarks or notes. 

  • To insert comments into (source code). 

  • To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment. 

  • To remark. 

missive

noun
  • A written message; a letter, note or memo. 

  • Letters sent between two parties in which one makes an offer and the other accepts it. 

adj
  • Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent. 

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