categorically vs i.e.

categorically

adv
  • In a categorical manner. 

  • Absolutely, by all means; truly. 

  • By the use of categories. 

i.e.

adv
  • That is, namely, in other words, that is to say. 

How often have the words categorically and i.e. occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )