bubblegum vs superficial

bubblegum

adj
  • Sweet, perky, or youthful. 

  • Tasting like bubblegum. 

noun
  • A type of pop music marked by sweetness, pep and charm (rather than depth or complexity). 

  • A light pink colour, like bubblegum. 

  • A sweet chewing gum formulated to be stretchy so the chewer can blow bubbles with it. 

superficial

adj
  • Lacking depth of character or understanding; lacking substance or significance. 

  • Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent. 

  • Existing, occurring, or located on the surface. 

  • Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely. 

  • Situated or occurring on the skin or immediately beneath it. 

  • Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface. 

  • Denoting a quantity of a material expressed in terms of area covered rather than linear dimension or volume. 

noun
  • A surface detail. 

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