imperative vs vital

imperative

adj
  • Essential; crucial; extremely important. 

  • Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables. 

  • Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive. 

  • Of, or relating to the imperative mood. 

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. 

vital

adj
  • Very important. 

  • Invigorating or life-giving. 

  • Containing life; living. 

  • Necessary to continued existence. 

  • Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends. 

  • Capable of living; in a state to live; viable. 

  • Relating to the recording of life events. 

  • Relating to, or characteristic of life. 

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