else vs other than

else

adv

  • Otherwise, if not. 

conj

  • For otherwise; or else. 

adj

  • Other; in addition to previously mentioned items. 

other than

prep

  • Otherwise than; in any other way than, for any other reason than, etc. 

  • Except, besides. 

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