critical vs eristic

critical

adj
  • Inclined to find fault or criticize. 

  • Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism. 

  • Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition could worsen; or, a patient condition that requires urgent treatment in an intensive care or critical care medical facility. 

  • Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable. 

  • Of the point (in temperature, reagent concentration etc.) where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes self-sustaining. 

  • Extremely important. 

  • Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied. 

  • Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point. 

noun
  • A critical value, factor, etc. 

  • In breakdancing, a kind of airflare move in which the dancer hops from one hand to the other. 

eristic

adj
  • Provoking strife, controversy or discord. 

noun
  • One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious. 

  • A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest. 

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