eristic vs menial

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. 

menial

noun
  • A person who has a subservient nature. 

  • A servant, especially a domestic servant. 

adj
  • Of or relating to unskilled work. 

  • Servile; low; mean. 

  • Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant. 

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