exciting vs provocative

exciting

adj
  • creating or producing excitement 

noun
  • The process of something becoming excited; excitation. 

provocative

adj
  • Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest; sexy. 

  • Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating. 

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