contagious vs morbific

contagious

adj
  • Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person. 

  • Easily transmitted to others. 

  • Easily passed on to others. 

morbific

adj
  • That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic. 

  • Pertaining to or caused by disease; diseased. 

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