incentive vs pertinacious

incentive

adj
  • Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating. 

  • Serving to kindle or set on fire. 

noun
  • Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages. 

  • A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder. 

pertinacious

adj
  • Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose. 

  • Stubbornly resolute or tenacious. 

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