dichotomy vs disjunction

dichotomy

noun
  • Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality. 

  • The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts. 

  • A phase of the moon when it appears half lit and half dark, as at the quadratures. 

  • A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division. 

  • The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of man into white and not white. 

  • Division and subdivision; bifurcation, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; often successive. 

disjunction

noun
  • The state of being disjoined, contrasting, or opposing. 

  • A logical operator that results in “true” when some of its operands are true. 

  • The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator. 

  • The act of disjoining; disunion, separation. 

  • During meiosis, the separation of chromosomes (homologous in meiosis I, and sister chromatids in meiosis II). 

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