i- vs mal-

i-

prefix
  • Alluding to the Internet. 

  • A form of the prefix in-, used before gn, as in ignoble, ignominy, and ignore. 

  • Used to transform English words into words used by Rastafarians with a special meaning. 

  • Alluding to digital devices and computer programs, especially those that are cutting-edge or fashionable, and those from Apple. 

mal-

prefix
  • incorrect 

  • incomplete, unfinished 

  • unintentional, mistaken, accidental 

  • unpleasant 

  • poorly, deficiently 

  • not 

  • unhealthy, harmful 

  • evil 

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