continuant vs imperfect

continuant

adj
  • Continuing; prolonged; sustained. 

noun
  • An endurant. 

  • A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix. 

  • A linguistic sound other than a stop. 

imperfect

adj
  • belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous 

  • not perfect 

  • known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon. 

  • unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both. 

verb
  • to make imperfect 

noun
  • something having a minor flaw 

  • a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous 

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