addictive vs pathological

addictive

adj
  • Characterized by or susceptible to addiction. 

  • Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming. 

  • Enjoyable. 

noun
  • Anything that is very habit-forming. 

  • A drug that causes an addiction. 

pathological

adj
  • Relating to, amounting to, causing, or caused by a physical or mental disorder. 

  • Having properties which are counterintuitive or difficult to handle. 

  • Pertaining to pathology. 

  • Having properties that cause unusually bad behaviour, especially regarding correctness or performance. 

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