consequential vs preeminent

consequential

adj
  • Important or significant. 

  • Having significant consequences; of importance. 

  • Following as a result. 

  • Self-important. 

preeminent

adj
  • Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. 

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