irregular vs occasional

irregular

noun
  • One who does not regularly attend a venue. 

  • A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and who may not use regular army tactics. 

adj
  • without symmetry, regularity, or uniformity 

  • rough 

  • not regular; having sides that are not equal or angles that are not equal 

  • whose faces are not all regular polygons (or are not equally inclined to each other) 

  • nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations 

  • not following the regular or expected patterns of inflection in a given language 

occasional

noun
  • A person who does something only occasionally. 

adj
  • Created for a specific occasion. 

  • Acting in the indicated role from time to time. 

  • Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time, but not often. 

  • Intended for use as the occasion requires. 

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