gratuitous vs nonessential

gratuitous

adj
  • Unjustified or unnecessary; not called for by the circumstances. 

  • Given freely; unearned. 

nonessential

adj
  • Not required; not essential. 

noun
  • Something that is not essential. 

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