sociable vs sympathetic

sociable

adj
  • Tending to socialize or be social. 

  • Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation. 

noun
  • A four-wheeled open carriage with seats facing each other. 

  • A couch with a curved S-shaped back. 

  • An informal party or church meeting for purposes of socializing. 

  • A bicycle or tricycle for two persons side by side. 

  • A sociable person. 

sympathetic

adj
  • Attracting the liking of others. 

  • A supernatural connection or power resulting from two items having the same form or some other correspondence. 

  • Designed in a sensitive or appropriate way. 

  • Relating to musical tones produced by sympathetic vibration or to strings so tuned as to sound by sympathetic vibration. 

  • Showing approval of or favor towards an idea or action. 

  • Relating to or denoting the part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves arising from ganglia near the middle part of the spinal cord, supplying the internal organs, blood vessels, and glands, and balancing the action of the parasympathetic nerves. 

  • Relating to, producing, or denoting an effect which arises through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association. 

  • Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy. 

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