catastrophic vs world-shaking

catastrophic

adj
  • Of or pertaining to a catastrophe. 

  • From which recovery is impossible. 

  • Disastrous; ruinous. 

world-shaking

adj
  • Momentous; of great import; of great significance, importance or consequence. 

How often have the words catastrophic and world-shaking occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )