exceptional vs horrible

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. 

horrible

noun
  • A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act. 

  • A person wearing a comic or grotesque costume in a parade of horribles. 

adj
  • Tremendously bad. 

  • Causing horror; terrible; shocking. 

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