diacritic vs distinct

diacritic

adj
  • distinguishing 

  • Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character. 

noun
  • A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning. 

distinct

adj
  • Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with from. 

  • Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from"). 

  • Capable of being perceived very clearly. 

  • Noticeably different from others; distinctive. 

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