forward-thinking vs inventive

forward-thinking

adj
  • Thinking in a manner that takes the future into account; progressive. 

inventive

adj
  • Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing. 

  • Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes. 

  • Purposefully fictive 

How often have the words forward-thinking and inventive occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )