especially vs v.g.

especially

adv
  • Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something. 

  • In a special manner; specially. 

  • Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal. 

v.g.

adv
  • Used to introduce an example or list of examples to illustrate what is being discussed. 

How often have the words especially and v.g. occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )