absorbed vs reflective

absorbed

adj
  • Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed. 

  • Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated. 

reflective

adj
  • Pondering, especially thinking back on the past. 

  • Involving reflection. 

  • Reciprocal. 

  • That reveals or shows; revealing; indicative of. 

  • That reflects, or redirects back to the source. 

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