apropos vs beside the point

apropos

adj
  • by the way, incidental 

  • Of an appropriate or pertinent nature. 

adv
  • To the purpose; appropriately. 

  • By the way. 

  • Timely; at a good time. 

prep
  • Regarding or concerning. 

beside the point

adj
  • Irrelevant, moot. 

adv
  • Irrelevantly, off-topic. 

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