antithesis vs litotes

antithesis

noun
  • A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition. 

  • A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner 

litotes

noun
  • An ironic figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite, particularly the negation of a negative quality to say something positive. 

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