gargoyle vs grotesque

gargoyle

noun
  • Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building. 

  • A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters. 

  • A fictional winged monster. 

  • An ugly woman. 

grotesque

noun
  • Anything grotesque. 

  • A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms. 

  • A sans serif typeface. 

adj
  • Disgusting or otherwise viscerally revolting. 

  • Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal, especially in a hideous way. 

  • Sans serif. 

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