imperious vs peremptory

imperious

adj
  • Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing. 

  • Urgent. 

peremptory

adj
  • Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic. 

  • Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal 

  • Accepting no refusal or disagreement; imperious, dictatorial. 

noun
  • A challenge to the admission of a juror, without the challenger needing to show good cause. 

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