experimental vs novel

experimental

adj
  • Pertaining to or founded on experiment. 

  • Experiential, empirical. 

  • Serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment. 

  • Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment. 

noun
  • The subject of an experiment. 

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 experimental and novel occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )