reactive vs responsive

reactive

adj
  • that reacts or responds to a stimulus 

  • Characterized by induction or capacitance rather than resistance. 

  • that readily takes part in reactions 

  • Reacting to the past rather than anticipating the future, not predictive. 

responsive

adj
  • able to receive and respond to external stimuli 

  • using antiphons; antiphonal 

  • answering, replying or responding 

  • susceptible to the feelings of others 

  • automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space 

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