attentive vs listening

attentive

adj
  • Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely. 

  • Courteous; mindful. 

listening

adj
  • Of something or someone that listens. 

  • Of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds. 

  • Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear. 

noun
  • Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language. 

  • Action of the verb listening 

  • An educational exercise involving listening 

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