demonstrative vs symbolic

demonstrative

adj
  • that specifies the thing or person referred to 

  • given to open displays of emotion 

  • that serves to demonstrate, show or prove 

noun
  • A demonstrative pronoun. 

  • A demonstrative adjective. 

symbolic

adj
  • Implicitly representing or referring to another thing. 

  • Pertaining to a symbol. 

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