imperative vs passive

imperative

noun
  • A verb in imperative mood. 

  • The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive. 

  • An essential action, a must: something which is imperative. 

adj
  • Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables. 

  • Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive. 

  • Essential; crucial; extremely important. 

  • Of, or relating to the imperative mood. 

passive

noun
  • A form of a verb that is in the passive voice. 

  • The passive voice of verbs. 

  • A customer who is satisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough to promote it by word of mouth. 

  • Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain. 

adj
  • Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction. 

  • Taking no action. 

  • Being in the passive voice. 

  • Not participating in management. 

  • Of a component: that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain. 

  • Where allowance is made for a possible future event. 

  • Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one. 

  • Without motive power. 

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