apropos vs except

apropos

prep
  • Regarding or concerning. 

adj
  • Of an appropriate or pertinent nature. 

  • by the way, incidental 

adv
  • To the purpose; appropriately. 

  • By the way. 

  • Timely; at a good time. 

except

prep
  • with the exception of; but. 

verb
  • To exclude; to specify as being an exception. 

  • To take exception, to object (to or against). 

conj
  • With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated. 

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