exceptional vs trite

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. 

trite

adj
  • Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed. 

  • So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law. 

noun
  • A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater. 

  • Trite, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae. 

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