nefarious vs scandalous

nefarious

adj
  • Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics. 

scandalous

adj
  • Malicious, defamatory. 

  • Wrong, immoral, causing a scandal. 

  • Outrageous; exceeding reasonable limits. 

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