charnel vs ghastly

charnel

adj
  • Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral. 

noun
  • Part of a helm, now usually identified as the hinge (near the neck) by which the helm was secured to the breastplate. 

  • A repository for dead bodies. 

  • A chapel attached to a mortuary. 

ghastly

adj
  • Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal. 

  • Horrifyingly shocking. 

  • Extremely bad. 

adv
  • In a ghastly manner. 

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