competitive vs sporting

competitive

adj
  • Inclined to compete. 

  • Cheap, especially used of quality products. 

  • Capable of competing successfully. 

  • Of or pertaining to competition. 

  • Inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it. 

sporting

adj
  • Pertaining to sports 

  • Exhibiting sportsmanship. 

  • Fair, generous; ‘game’. 

noun
  • The act of taking part in a sport. 

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