discerning vs higher-order

discerning

adj
  • Of keen insight or good judgement; perceptive. 

noun
  • discernment 

higher-order

adj
  • Involving more sophisticated thinking or reasoning. 

  • Of or relating to a class higher up in a hierarchy. 

How often have the words discerning and higher-order occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )