nasty vs offensive

nasty

adj
  • Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person). 

  • Spiteful, unkind. 

  • Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.). 

  • Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous. 

  • Dirty, filthy. 

  • Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd. 

  • Formidable, terrific; wicked. 

  • Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive. 

noun
  • Sexual intercourse. 

  • Something nasty. 

  • A video nasty. 

offensive

adj
  • Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, or indignation. 

  • Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive. 

  • Having to do with play directed at scoring. 

noun
  • An attack. 

  • The posture of attacking or being able to attack. 

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