eristic vs sore

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. 

sore

adj
  • Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered. 

  • Dire; distressing. 

  • Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive. 

  • Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. 

verb
  • To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait. 

adv
  • Sorely. 

noun
  • A young buck in its fourth year. 

  • An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin. 

  • Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. 

  • A young hawk or falcon in its first year. 

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