paramount vs vital

paramount

adj
  • Of the highest importance. 

  • Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent. 

noun
  • A chief or superior; (specifically, chiefly South Africa) an African chief having the highest status in a region; a paramount chief. 

vital

adj
  • Very important. 

  • Invigorating or life-giving. 

  • 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 paramount and vital occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )