milquetoast vs privative

milquetoast

adj
  • Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness. 

noun
  • A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness. 

privative

adj
  • consisting in the absence of something; negative 

  • causing privation; depriving 

  • indicating the absence of something 

noun
  • something that causes privation or indicates an absence 

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