conscientious vs righteous

conscientious

adj
  • Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong (said of a person). 

  • Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance. 

righteous

adj
  • Justified morally. 

  • Free from sin or guilt. 

  • Moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimony. 

  • Awesome; great. 

verb
  • To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin. 

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