hypnic vs narcotic

hypnic

adj
  • That induces sleep. 

noun
  • Any sleep-inducing drug. 

narcotic

adj
  • Inducing sleep; causing narcosis. 

  • Of, or relating to narcotics. 

noun
  • Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both. 

  • Any type of numbing or soothing drug. 

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