pensive vs reflective

pensive

adj
  • Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking. 

  • Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness. 

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 pensive and reflective occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )