diabolic vs nefarious

diabolic

adj
  • Extremely evil or cruel. 

  • Showing wickedness typical of a devil. 

  • diabolic magic square 

nefarious

adj
  • Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics. 

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