better than nothing vs respectable

better than nothing

adj

  • Barely useful; almost worthless or pointless, but nevertheless better than having nothing at all. 

respectable

adj

  • Decent; satisfactory. 

  • Deserving respect. 

  • Moderately well-to-do. 

noun

  • A person who is respectable. 

How often have the words better than nothing and respectable occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )