compulsory vs imprescindible

compulsory

adj
  • Required; obligatory; mandatory. 

  • Having the power of compulsion; constraining. 

noun
  • Something that is compulsory or required. 

imprescindible

adj
  • Indispensable, essential, imperative, vital. 

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