independent vs related

independent

adj
  • Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free. 

  • Not affiliated with any political party. 

  • Separate from; exclusive; irrespective. 

  • Providing a comfortable livelihood. 

  • Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing. 

noun
  • A team not affiliated with any league or conference. 

  • A neutral or uncommitted person. 

  • A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform. 

  • A small, privately owned business. 

related

adj
  • Fulfilling a relation. 

  • Standing in relation or connection. 

  • Being a relative of. 

  • Narrated; told. 

  • Synonym of relative. 

  • Having a relationship with the thing named 

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