coercive vs severe

coercive

adj
  • Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce. 

  • Such that the ratio of |F(x)| to x approaches infinity as x approaches infinity. 

severe

adj
  • Strict or harsh. 

  • Very bad or intense. 

  • Sober, plain in appearance, austere. 

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