inchoative vs marginal

inchoative

adj
  • Aspectually indicating that a state is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered. 

  • At the beginning, still in an unformed state. 

  • Inflected in or relating to the inchoative aspect. 

noun
  • An inchoative construction. 

marginal

adj
  • Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge). 

  • Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election. 

  • Written in the margin of a book. 

  • Sharing a border; geographically adjacent. 

  • Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category. 

  • Barely productive. 

  • Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good. 

noun
  • Something or somebody that is marginal. 

  • A constituency won with a small margin. 

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