curative vs tonal

curative

adj
  • of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something" 

  • Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness. 

  • Remediative. 

noun
  • A substance that acts as a cure. 

tonal

adj
  • Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something. 

  • Employing differences in pitch (tones) to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words (words which would otherwise be homophonic). 

  • Of or relating to tones or tonality. 

  • Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic. 

noun
  • An animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death. 

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