either way vs notwithstanding

either way

adv
  • Regardless of what happens (out of two possible situations). 

notwithstanding

adv
  • Nevertheless, all the same. 

postp
  • In spite of, despite. 

prep
  • In spite of, despite. 

conj
  • Although; despite; even though. 

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