incommensurable vs separate

incommensurable

adj
  • Not able to be measured by the same standards as another term in the context. 

  • having a ratio that is not expressible as a fraction of two integers. 

  • having no common integer divisor except 1. 

noun
  • An incommensurable value or quantity; an irrational number. 

separate

noun
  • A printing of an article from a periodical as its own distinct publication and distributed independently, often with different page numbers. 

  • Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants. 

adj
  • Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else). 

  • Not together (with); not united (to). 

verb
  • To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect. 

  • To divide (a thing) into separate parts. 

  • To cause (things or people) to be separate. 

  • To divide itself into separate pieces or substances. 

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