charming vs lovely

charming

adj
  • Pleasant, charismatic. 

  • Delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm. 

noun
  • The casting of a magical charm. 

lovely

adj
  • Very nice, wonderful. 

  • Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner. 

adv
  • In a lovely fashion or manner; beautifully. 

noun
  • A lovely object. 

  • Term of fond address. 

  • An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty. 

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