febrile vs feverous

febrile

adj
  • Involving fever as a symptom or cause. 

  • Feverish, or having a high temperature. 

  • Full of nervous energy. 

feverous

adj
  • having the nature of fever 

  • having a tendency to produce fever 

  • affected with fever or ague 

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