eristic vs truculent

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. 

truculent

adj
  • Defiant or uncompromising. 

  • Eager or quick to argue, fight or start a conflict. 

  • Cruel or savage. 

  • Deadly or destructive. 

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