contributory vs operant

contributory

noun
  • A person or thing that contributes. 

adj
  • Tending to contribute to a result 

  • Of, pertaining to, or involving a contribution 

operant

noun
  • An operative person or thing. 

  • Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment. 

adj
  • That operates to produce an effect. 

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