exceptional vs second-rate

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. 

second-rate

adj
  • Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 80–98 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 700–750, and weighing approximately 2,200 tons burthen. 

  • Of mediocre quality; not first-rate. 

noun
  • A second-rate ship of the line. 

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