cooperative vs self-willed

cooperative

adj
  • Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate. 

  • Involving cooperation between individuals or parties. 

  • Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives. 

noun
  • A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants. 

self-willed

adj
  • Possessing self-will; determined to pursue one's own desires or adhere to one's own opinion.. 

  • Obstinate; strong-minded; unyielding to the desires, concern or opinions of others. 

  • He was so self-willed that he refused to do anything that did not grant instant satisfaction or direction. 

How often have the words cooperative and self-willed occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )