imaginative vs pabulum

imaginative

adj
  • Having a lively or creative imagination. 

  • Tending to be fanciful or inventive. 

  • False or imagined. 

pabulum

noun
  • Food for thought. 

  • Food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals. 

  • Material that feeds a fire. 

  • Bland intellectual fare; an undemanding diet of words. 

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