exceptional vs habitual

exceptional

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

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

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

noun
  • An exception, or something having an exceptional value 

habitual

adj
  • Regular or usual. 

  • Pertaining to an action performed customarily, ordinarily, or usually. 

  • Of a person or thing: engaging in some behaviour as a habit or regularly. 

  • Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring. 

noun
  • One who does something habitually, such as a serial criminal offender. 

  • A construction representing something done habitually. 

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