exceptional vs standout

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 

standout

adj
  • exceptional; noteworthy 

noun
  • An exceptional or noteworthy person or thing. 

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