diminutive vs minuscular

diminutive

adj
  • Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment. 

  • Very small. 

noun
  • A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment. For example, doggie from dog, Sophie for Sophia, darling from dear 

minuscular

adj
  • Synonym of minuscule 

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