less vs subalternate

less

noun
  • A smaller amount or quantity. 

conj
  • unless 

adv
  • To a smaller extent or degree. 

  • Used for constructing syntactic diminutive comparatives of adjectives and adverbs. 

det
  • Fewer; a smaller number of. 

  • A smaller amount of; not as much. 

prep
  • Minus; not including 

subalternate

noun
  • A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. 

adj
  • Succeeding by turns; successive. 

  • Subaltern; inferior; subordinate. 

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