offensive vs provocative

offensive

adj
  • Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, or indignation. 

  • Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive. 

  • Having to do with play directed at scoring. 

noun
  • An attack. 

  • The posture of attacking or being able to attack. 

provocative

adj
  • Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating. 

  • Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest; sexy. 

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