costive vs laxative

costive

adj
  • miserly, parsimonious 

  • constipated 

laxative

adj
  • Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation. 

noun
  • Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect. 

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