alternative vs other

alternative

adj
  • Other; different from something else. 

  • Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities. 

  • Presenting two or more alternatives. 

  • Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground. 

noun
  • A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities. 

  • One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen. 

  • alternative rock 

  • A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism. 

  • The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted. 

other

adj
  • Different. 

  • See other (determiner) below. 

  • Alien. 

  • Second. 

det
  • Not the one or ones previously referred to. 

noun
  • An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another. 

  • The other one; the second of two. 

verb
  • To regard, label, or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien. 

  • To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise. 

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