higher-order vs incisive

higher-order

adj
  • Involving more sophisticated thinking or reasoning. 

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

incisive

adj
  • Intelligently analytical and concise. 

  • Accurate and sharply focused. 

  • Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument. 

  • Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression. 

  • Of or relating to the incisors. 

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