clockwork vs mundane

clockwork

adj
  • Very smooth and regular. 

  • Driven by clockwork. 

noun
  • A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device. 

  • The action of behaving mechanically in the manner of a clock. 

mundane

adj
  • Ordinary; not new. 

  • Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly. 

  • Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world. 

  • Tedious; repetitive and boring. 

noun
  • An unremarkable, ordinary human being. 

  • A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group. 

  • The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world. 

  • A person who is not a Satanist. 

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