low-lying vs subalternate

low-lying

adj

  • Lower than nearby areas. 

subalternate

adj

  • Subaltern; inferior; subordinate. 

  • Succeeding by turns; successive. 

noun

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

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