exceptional vs transcendent

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 

transcendent

adj
  • surpassing usual limits 

  • beyond the range of usual perception 

  • free from constraints of the material world 

  • supreme in excellence 

noun
  • That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent. 

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