central vs leading

central

adj
  • Being in the centre. 

  • Having or containing the centre of something. 

  • Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs. 

  • Being very important, or key to something. 

noun
  • centre 

leading

adj
  • Ranking first. 

  • Providing guidance or direction. 

  • Occurring in advance; preceding. 

noun
  • Vertical space added between lines; line spacing. 

  • An act by which one is led or guided. 

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