declarative vs indicative

declarative

adj
  • Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration. 

  • A way of programming that is most akin to just stating what is wanted, rather than having to describe how to do it. w:Declarative programming 

  • That declares a construct. 

  • Expressing truth. 

noun
  • Synonym of declaration (declarative statement) 

indicative

adj
  • serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something 

  • of, or relating to the indicative mood 

noun
  • The indicative mood. 

  • A term in the indicative mood. 

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