categorically vs positively

categorically

adv
  • Absolutely, by all means; truly. 

  • By the use of categories. 

  • In a categorical manner. 

positively

adv
  • Absolutely; utterly. 

  • With certainty. 

  • In a positive manner. 

  • Very. 

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