ghoulish vs macabre

ghoulish

adj
  • Of or pertaining to corpses and graverobbing. 

  • Of or pertaining to ghouls. 

  • Fascinated by corpses. 

macabre

adj
  • Representing or personifying death. 

  • Obsessed with death or the gruesome. 

  • Ghastly, shocking, terrifying. 

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