demerit vs privative

demerit

noun
  • A quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage 

  • A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army. 

  • That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert. 

privative

noun
  • something that causes privation or indicates an absence 

adj
  • causing privation; depriving 

  • consisting in the absence of something; negative 

  • indicating the absence of something 

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