gentle vs snide

gentle

adj
  • Polite and respectful rather than rude. 

  • Soft and mild rather than hard or severe. 

  • Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition. 

  • Gradual rather than steep or sudden. 

  • Docile and easily managed. 

noun
  • A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil. 

  • A maggot used as bait by anglers. 

verb
  • To break; to tame; to domesticate. 

  • To soothe; to calm; to make gentle. 

  • To become gentle. 

snide

adj
  • Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible. 

  • Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way. 

noun
  • An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practice; a sharper; a cheat. 

  • Counterfeit money. 

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