adverb vs platitude

adverb

noun
  • A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses. 

  • In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine. 

  • A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses. (modifying a verb) 

verb
  • To make into or become an adverb. 

platitude

noun
  • An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché. 

  • A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting. 

  • Unoriginality; triteness. 

  • Flatness; lack of change, activity, or deviation. 

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