hopeful vs ironic

hopeful

adj
  • inspiring hope 

  • feeling hope 

noun
  • Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election. 

ironic

adj
  • Done in an insincere and mocking manner; satirical. 

  • Acting in a unserious and teasing manner. 

  • Odd or coincidental; strange. 

  • Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony. 

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