emotive vs poignant

emotive

adj
  • Appealing to the emotions. 

  • Expressing an emotion. 

  • Of or relating to emotion. 

noun
  • A word or construct that expresses an emotion. 

poignant

adj
  • Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving. 

  • Incisive; penetrating; piercing. 

  • Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant. 

  • Piquant, pungent. 

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