beside vs previous

beside

prep
  • Not relevant to. 

  • Besides; in addition. 

  • Next to; at the side of. 

adv
  • Otherwise; else; besides. 

previous

adj
  • Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order. 

  • Premature; acting or occurring too soon. 

noun
  • An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions") 

  • A track record of similar behaviour. 

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