eristic vs factious

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. 

factious

adj
  • Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination. 

  • Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions. 

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