distinctive vs extrinsic

distinctive

adj
  • Distinguished, being distinct in character or position. 

  • Distinguishing a particular sense of word. 

  • Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing. 

  • Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things. 

  • Characteristic, typical. 

  • Used to separate clauses in place of stops. 

noun
  • A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic. 

  • A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect. 

  • A distinctive accent. 

extrinsic

adj
  • external; separable from the thing itself; inessential 

  • not belonging to something; outside 

noun
  • An external factor 

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