apropos vs besides

apropos

adv
  • By the way. 

  • To the purpose; appropriately. 

  • Timely; at a good time. 

adj
  • Of an appropriate or pertinent nature. 

  • by the way, incidental 

prep
  • Regarding or concerning. 

besides

adv
  • Also; in addition. 

  • Used to emphasize an additional point, especially an important or stronger reason; moreover; furthermore. 

  • Otherwise; else. 

prep
  • In addition to. 

  • Other than; except for; instead of. 

  • Beside, next to. 

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