contagious vs injurious

contagious

adj
  • Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person. 

  • Easily transmitted to others. 

  • Easily passed on to others. 

injurious

adj
  • Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful. 

  • Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous. 

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