chief vs vital

chief

adj
  • Intimate, friendly. 

  • Primary; principal. 

noun
  • A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc. 

  • An informal term of address. 

  • The principal part or top of anything. 

  • An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man. 

  • The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third. 

verb
  • To smoke cannabis. 

vital

adj
  • Invigorating or life-giving. 

  • Very important. 

  • Containing life; living. 

  • Necessary to continued existence. 

  • Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends. 

  • Capable of living; in a state to live; viable. 

  • Relating to the recording of life events. 

  • Relating to, or characteristic of life. 

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