elective vs facultative

elective

adj
  • Open to choice; freely chosen. 

  • Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options. 

noun
  • Something that is an option or may be freely chosen, especially a course of study. 

facultative

adj
  • Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective. 

  • 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. 

  • At which a given function is positive. 

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