diachronic vs synchronic

diachronic

adj
  • Of, pertaining to or concerned with changes that occur over time. 

  • Occurring over or changing with time. 

synchronic

adj
  • Occurring at a specific point in time. 

  • Relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history. 

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