adversative vs witherward

adversative

adj
  • Expressing opposition or difference. 

  • Expressing adverse effect. 

witherward

adj
  • Opposite, opposing; hostile. 

  • Adverse, contrary. 

  • at the witherward side of the year 

adv
  • Contrary to, against. 

noun
  • Opposite; adversity, opposition; hostility 

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