higher-order vs ratiocinative

higher-order

adj
  • Involving more sophisticated thinking or reasoning. 

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

ratiocinative

adj
  • Pertaining to or characterized by ratiocination, discursive thinking, or inferential knowledge. 

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