distinctive vs marque

distinctive

noun
  • A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic. 

  • A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect. 

  • A distinctive accent. 

adj
  • Distinguished, being distinct in character or position. 

  • Distinguishing a particular sense of word. 

  • Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing. 

  • Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things. 

  • Characteristic, typical. 

  • Used to separate clauses in place of stops. 

marque

noun
  • A brand or make of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car (in contradistinction to a model). 

  • A ship commissioned for making captures. 

  • A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals; a letter of marque. 

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