discretionary vs facultative

discretionary

adj
  • Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment. 

facultative

adj
  • That grants permission or power to do something. 

  • Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way. 

  • Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty. 

  • Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective. 

  • At which a given function is positive. 

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