ghastly vs gory

ghastly

adj
  • Extremely bad. 

  • Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal. 

  • Horrifyingly shocking. 

adv
  • In a ghastly manner. 

gory

adj
  • Unpleasant. 

  • Covered with blood; very bloody. 

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