eristic vs illiterate

eristic

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. 

adj
  • Provoking strife, controversy or discord. 

illiterate

noun
  • A person ignorant about a given subject. 

  • An illiterate person, one either not able to read and write or not knowing how. 

adj
  • Unable to read and write. 

  • Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing. 

  • Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education. 

  • Ignorant in a specified way or about a specified subject. 

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