contradictory vs pushmi-pullyu

contradictory

adj
  • Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious. 

  • That contradicts something, such as an argument. 

  • That is diametrically opposed to something. 

  • That is itself a contradiction. 

  • Mutually exclusive. 

noun
  • Either of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false. 

pushmi-pullyu

adj
  • Conflicting or contradictory. 

  • in teleosemantics, being a representation with both indicative and imperative content. 

noun
  • A person who behaves in a conflicting or contradictory manner. 

How often have the words contradictory and pushmi-pullyu occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )