inquiring vs interrogative

inquiring

adj
  • inquisitive 

noun
  • inquiry 

interrogative

adj
  • Pertaining to inquiry; questioning 

  • Asking or denoting a question: as, an interrogative phrase, pronoun, or point. 

noun
  • A question; an interrogation. 

  • A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking a question: why, who, when, etc. 

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