exciting vs operant

exciting

adj
  • creating or producing excitement 

noun
  • The process of something becoming excited; excitation. 

operant

adj
  • That operates to produce an effect. 

noun
  • Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment. 

  • An operative person or thing. 

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