-ful vs ex-

-ful

suffix
  • Used to form nouns from nouns meaning “as much as can be held by what is denoted by the noun” 

  • Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun. 

ex-

prefix
  • former, but still living (almost always used with a hyphen) 

  • out of 

  • outside 

  • Lacking. 

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