demonstrative vs probative

demonstrative

adj
  • that serves to demonstrate, show or prove 

  • given to open displays of emotion 

  • that specifies the thing or person referred to 

noun
  • A demonstrative pronoun. 

  • A demonstrative adjective. 

probative

adj
  • Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation. 

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