ironic vs ridiculing

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. 

ridiculing

adj
  • In a manner intended to ridicule. 

noun
  • The act of exposing to ridicule. 

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