dissident vs eristic

dissident

adj
  • In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant. 

noun
  • One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion. 

  • Sometimes Dissident: in the kingdom of Poland, the name for Christians not part of the Roman Catholic Church. 

  • A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies of the political group in power, or current laws. 

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 dissident and eristic occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )