distinct vs incommensurable

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. 

incommensurable

adj
  • Not able to be measured by the same standards as another term in the context. 

  • having a ratio that is not expressible as a fraction of two integers. 

  • having no common integer divisor except 1. 

noun
  • An incommensurable value or quantity; an irrational number. 

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