ethic vs vice

ethic

adj
  • Moral, relating to morals. 

noun
  • The morality of an action. 

  • A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual. 

vice

noun
  • A winding or spiral staircase. 

  • One who acts in place of a superior. 

  • A bad habit. 

  • A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements. 

  • Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs. 

  • A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness. 

adj
  • in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank 

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