normative vs spontaneous

normative

adj
  • Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm. 

  • Conforming to a norm or norms. 

  • Of or pertaining to a norm or standard. 

noun
  • A regulation imposed to preserve a norm. 

spontaneous

adj
  • Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause. 

  • Sudden, without warning. 

  • Controlled and directed internally; self-active; spontaneous movement characteristic of living things. 

  • Random. 

  • Done by one's own free choice, or without planning. 

  • Produced without being planted or without human cultivation or labor. 

  • Arising from a momentary impulse. 

  • Proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external or conscious constraint. 

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