contemporary vs novel

contemporary

adj
  • Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’). 

  • From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous. 

noun
  • Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another. 

  • Something existing at the same time. 

novel

adj
  • Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new. 

  • Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type. 

noun
  • A new legal constitution in ancient Rome. 

  • A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. 

  • A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work. 

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