internecine vs pernicious

internecine

adj
  • Mutually destructive; most often applied to warfare. 

  • Characterized by struggle within a group, usually applied to an ethnic or familial relationship. 

pernicious

adj
  • Causing much harm in a subtle way. 

  • Causing death or injury; deadly. 

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