never vs today

never

adv
  • Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely). 

  • At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance. 

  • Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously. 

intj
  • A statement of defiance 

today

adj
  • Current; up to date. 

noun
  • The present time period; nowadays. 

  • A current day or date. 

  • From 6am to 6pm on the current day. 

adv
  • On the current day or date. 

  • In the current era; nowadays. 

How often have the words never and today occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )