impressionistic vs sentient

impressionistic

adj
  • Pertaining to or characterized by impressionism. 

  • Based on subjective reactions or feelings; not systematically researched or arrived at. 

  • Impressible. 

  • Based on impression rather than reason or fact; based on trying to impress somebody rather than trying for accuracy. 

sentient

adj
  • Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling. 

  • Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence. 

  • Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties. 

noun
  • An intelligent, self-aware being. 

  • Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain. 

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