speculative vs tentative

speculative

adj
  • Pertaining to financial speculation; Involving or resulting from high-risk investments or trade. 

  • Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses; risky. 

  • Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation. 

tentative

adj
  • Uncertain; subject to future change. 

  • restrained; polite; feeling one's way, not using full force. 

  • Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental. 

noun
  • A trial; an experiment; an attempt. 

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