banal vs exceptional

banal

adj
  • Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service. 

  • Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh. 

exceptional

noun
  • An exception, or something having an exceptional value 

adj
  • Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence. 

  • Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare. 

  • Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity. 

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