beside the point vs outward

beside the point

adv
  • Irrelevantly, off-topic. 

adj
  • Irrelevant, moot. 

outward

adv
  • Towards the outside; away from the centre. 

adj
  • visible, noticeable 

  • outer; located towards the outside 

  • Tending to the exterior or outside. 

noun
  • A ward in a detached building connected with a hospital. 

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