apocalyptic vs lowery

apocalyptic

adj
  • Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation, or doom). 

  • Eggcorn of apoplectic. 

  • Of or relating to an apocalypse (a disaster). 

  • Of or relating to an apocalypse (a revelation), revelatory; prophetic. 

noun
  • One who predicts apocalypse. 

lowery

adj
  • dark and gloomy; threatening; lowering 

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