gentle vs mordacious

gentle

adj
  • Soft and mild rather than hard or severe. 

  • Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition. 

  • Polite and respectful rather than rude. 

  • Gradual rather than steep or sudden. 

  • Docile and easily managed. 

noun
  • A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil. 

  • A maggot used as bait by anglers. 

verb
  • To break; to tame; to domesticate. 

  • To soothe; to calm; to make gentle. 

  • To become gentle. 

mordacious

adj
  • sharp or caustic in style or tone. 

  • Prone to biting, aggressive (of an animal etc.). 

  • Sharp in intent, sarcastic 

  • Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive 

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