exceptional vs generic

exceptional

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. 

noun
  • An exception, or something having an exceptional value 

generic

adj
  • not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class. 

  • Relating to gender. 

  • Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups (genera) as opposed to specific instances. 

  • Pertaining to genera of life instead of particular species thereof. 

  • specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene; unisex. 

  • lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise 

  • Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter. 

  • Having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field. 

noun
  • A term that specifies neither male nor female. 

  • A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties. 

  • A product sold under a generic name. 

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