exceptional vs prodigious

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. 

prodigious

adj
  • Very big in size or quantity; colossal, gigantic, huge. 

  • Extraordinarily amazing or exciting. 

  • Freakish; monstrous. 

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