non-gradable vs queer

non-gradable

noun
  • Any adjective that is not gradable. 

adj
  • That cannot be graded. 

  • (of an adjective) Describing a quality that cannot normally be varied because it is extreme (e.g. freezing), absolute (e.g. dead), or classification (e.g. nuclear). 

queer

noun
  • A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity. 

  • A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities. 

  • A person of any genderqueer identity. 

adv
  • Queerly. 

verb
  • To reevaluate or reinterpret (a work) with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender, as by applying queer theory. 

  • To make a work more appealing or attractive to LGBT people, such as by not having strict genders for playable characters. 

adj
  • Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc. 

  • Non-heterosexual or Non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc. 

  • Homosexual. 

  • Weird, odd, or different; whimsical. 

  • Drunk. 

How often have the words non-gradable and queer occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )