apropos vs rather than

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. 

rather than

prep
  • instead of; in preference to. 

conj
  • And not. 

  • Used to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred. 

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