ignoble vs subalternate

ignoble

adj
  • Not honorable; base. 

  • Not noble; plebeian; common. 

  • Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk. 

verb
  • To make ignoble; to bring low. 

subalternate

adj
  • Subaltern; inferior; subordinate. 

  • Succeeding by turns; successive. 

noun
  • A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. 

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