exceptional vs passable

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 

passable

adj
  • able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard one as belonging. 

  • That may be passed or traversed. 

  • Tolerable; adequate; no more than satisfactory. 

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