and so on vs et cetera

and so on

phrase
  • Used to indicate that a list continues in a similar manner. 

et cetera

phrase
  • The full form of etc.: and so forth, and the rest. 

noun
  • Something in addition, which can easily be understood. 

How often have the words and so on and et cetera occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )