exceptional vs nothingburger

exceptional

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

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

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

noun
  • An exception, or something having an exceptional value 

nothingburger

adj
  • disreputable, as of a person 

  • bland or unremarkable in appearance 

noun
  • Something of less importance than its treatment suggests. 

  • A person who is a nonentity. 

  • A person or object that is bland or unremarkable in appearance or impact. 

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