philosophical vs ruminative

philosophical

adj
  • Rational; analytic or critically-minded; thoughtful. 

  • Of, or pertaining to, philosophy. 

  • Detached, calm, stoic. 

ruminative

adj
  • Causing rumination or prone to it; thoughtful. 

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