carelessness vs nicety

carelessness

nicety

noun
  • A small detail or distinction. 

  • Delicacy of character or feeling usually from excessive refinement; fastidiousness 

  • Subtlety or precision of use; exactness; preciseness. 

  • A rocket-propelled grenade doesn't have the nicety of a sniper round, but you must admit its effectiveness. 

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