documentary vs substantive

documentary

adj
  • Of, related to, or based on documents. 

  • Which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject. 

  • Presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter. 

noun
  • A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner. 

substantive

adj
  • Of or pertaining to a substantive. 

  • Constituting the substance of content rather than its style, and thus always nontrivial. 

  • actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment 

  • Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial. 

  • of the essence or essential element of a thing. 

  • applying to essential legal principles and rules of right. 

  • Depending on itself; independent. 

  • of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed 

noun
  • Part of a text that carries the meaning, such as words and their ordering. 

verb
  • to make a word belonging to another part of speech into a substantive (that is, a noun) or use it as a noun 

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