penetrating vs penetrative

penetrating

adj
  • able to pierce or penetrate 

  • demonstrating acute or keen understanding 

penetrative

adj
  • That can or does physically penetrate something; piercing, penetrating. 

  • That can penetrate opposition defences. 

  • Pertaining to sexual activity involving penetration by the penis. 

  • Displaying insight or discrimination; acute; penetrating. 

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