consecutive vs continuant

consecutive

adj
  • following, in succession, without interruption 

  • having some logical sequence 

noun
  • A linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another. 

  • Consecutive interpretation. 

  • A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval. 

continuant

adj
  • Continuing; prolonged; sustained. 

noun
  • An endurant. 

  • A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix. 

  • A linguistic sound other than a stop. 

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