normative vs routine

normative

adj
  • Of or pertaining to a norm or standard. 

  • Conforming to a norm or norms. 

  • Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm. 

noun
  • A regulation imposed to preserve a norm. 

routine

adj
  • Regular; habitual. 

  • Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others. 

  • According to established procedure. 

noun
  • A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. 

  • A set piece of an entertainer's act. 

  • A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically. 

  • A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine. 

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