national vs political

national

noun
  • A national newspaper. 

  • A subject of a nation. 

  • A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete. 

adj
  • Belonging to or characteristic of a specific nation or country, as opposed to others. 

  • Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. 

political

noun
  • A publication focusing on politics. 

  • A political agent or officer. 

adj
  • Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority. 

  • Concerning a polity or its administrative components. 

  • Interested in politics. 

  • Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing. 

  • Motivated, especially inappropriately, by political (electoral or other party political) calculation. 

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