eristic vs reject

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. 

reject

noun
  • An unpopular person. 

  • A rejected takeoff. 

  • A rejected defective product in a production line. 

  • Something that is rejected. 

verb
  • To refuse a romantic advance. 

  • To refuse to accept. 

  • To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court. 

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