mean-spirited vs vindicative

mean-spirited

adj
  • Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition. 

vindicative

adj
  • Vindictive, excessively vengeful. 

  • Vindicating, having a tendency to vindicate. 

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