outcast vs untouchable

outcast

noun
  • Synonym of outsider: someone who does not belong, a misfit. 

  • The amount of increase in the bulk of grain during malting. 

  • One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper. 

  • A quarrel. 

verb
  • To cast out; to banish. 

adj
  • That has been cast out; banished, ostracized. 

untouchable

noun
  • Synonym of outcast: a person excluded from society. 

  • A criminal who is so well-connected that they cannot be harmed. 

  • A law enforcement agent immune to intimidation, bribery, or seduction. 

  • A member of the lowest and most despised caste in traditional Indian society. 

adj
  • Not able to be touched. 

  • Not able to be defeated or bested. 

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