eristic vs hideous

eristic

adj
  • Provoking strife, controversy or discord. 

noun
  • One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious. 

  • A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest. 

hideous

adj
  • Morally offensive; shocking; detestable. 

  • Hateful; shocking. 

  • Extremely or shockingly ugly. 

  • Having a very unpleasant or frightening sound 

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