applaudable vs excellent

applaudable

adj
  • Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable. 

excellent

adj
  • Of higher or the highest quality; splendid. 

  • Having excelled, having surpassed. 

  • Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality. 

  • Exceptionally good of its kind. 

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