exceptional vs rotten

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 

rotten

adj
  • Bad or terrible. 

  • Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state. 

  • very drunk, intoxicated 

  • Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents. 

  • In a state of decay. 

  • Cruel, mean or immoral. 

adv
  • To an extreme degree. 

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