going vs operative

going

adj
  • Available. 

  • Likely to continue; viable. 

  • Current, prevailing. 

verb
  • Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly. 

noun
  • Conditions for advancing in any way. 

  • The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next. 

  • The whereabouts (of something). 

  • The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc. 

  • Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways. 

  • Progress. 

  • A departure. 

operative

adj
  • Effectual or important. 

  • Functional, in working order. 

  • Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects. 

  • Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious. 

  • Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations. 

noun
  • An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill. 

  • A spy, secret agent, or detective. 

  • A participant in an operation. 

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