incompetent vs privative

incompetent

noun
  • A person who is incompetent. 

adj
  • Not resistant to deformation or flow. 

  • Unable to make rational decisions; insane or otherwise cognitively impaired. 

  • Opening too early during pregnancy, resulting in miscarriage or premature birth. 

  • Unskilled; lacking the degree of ability that would normally be expected. 

privative

noun
  • something that causes privation or indicates an absence 

adj
  • causing privation; depriving 

  • consisting in the absence of something; negative 

  • indicating the absence of something 

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