ironic vs ludicrous

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. 

ludicrous

adj
  • Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd. 

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