intoxicating vs spirituous

intoxicating

adj
  • Able to intoxicate; an intoxicant. 

  • Very exciting and stimulating, like alcohol or some other stimulant. 

spirituous

adj
  • Of, pertaining to, containing, or made using alcohol 

  • Distilled 

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