excrescent vs swollen

excrescent

adj
  • Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity. 

noun
  • A sound in a word without etymological reason. 

  • A growing mutation, usually abnormal. 

swollen

adj
  • protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease). 

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