inane vs privative

inane

adj
  • Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance) (lacking sense): 

  • Purposeless; pointless 

  • Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance) 

noun
  • That which is void or empty. 

privative

adj
  • consisting in the absence of something; negative 

  • causing privation; depriving 

  • indicating the absence of something 

noun
  • something that causes privation or indicates an absence 

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