incentive vs sordid

incentive

adj
  • Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating. 

  • Serving to kindle or set on fire. 

noun
  • Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages. 

  • A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder. 

sordid

adj
  • Grasping; stingy; avaricious. 

  • Of a dull colour. 

  • Morally degrading. 

  • Dirty or squalid. 

  • Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible. 

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