ethereal vs physical

ethereal

adj
  • Pertaining to the (real or hypothetical) upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere. 

  • Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc. 

  • To do with diethyl ether. 

  • Pertaining to the immaterial realm, as symbolically represented by, or (in earlier epochs) conflated with, such atmospheric and extra-atmospheric concepts. 

physical

adj
  • Sexual, carnal. 

  • Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, bodily. 

  • Denoting a map showing natural features of the landscape (compare political). 

  • In accordance with the laws of nature; now specifically, pertaining to physics. 

  • Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; having to do with the material world. 

  • Involving bodily force or contact; vigorous, aggressive. 

noun
  • A physical manifestation of psychic origin, as through ectoplasmic solidification. 

  • Physical examination. 

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