hourly vs punctual

hourly

adj
  • Occurring every hour. 

  • Unsalaried, paid by the hour; (by extension) blue-collar. 

adv
  • At intervals of an hour. 

noun
  • Something produced each hour. 

punctual

adj
  • Periodic; occasional. 

  • Existing as a point or series of points 

  • Expressing momentary action that has no duration 

  • Acting at the appointed time 

  • Happening at the appointed time 

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