malevolent vs vindicative

malevolent

adj
  • Having an evil or harmful influence. 

  • Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others. 

vindicative

adj
  • Vindictive, excessively vengeful. 

  • Vindicating, having a tendency to vindicate. 

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