killing vs murderous

killing

adj
  • That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal. 

  • That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny. 

noun
  • A large amount of money. 

  • An instance of someone being killed. 

murderous

adj
  • Of an object: used to commit murder; capable of causing death; deadly, fatal. 

  • Very difficult. 

  • Of a person: intending or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty, homicidal. 

  • Of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers. 

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