paralytic vs subnormal

paralytic

noun
  • Someone suffering from paralysis. 

  • A drug that produces paralysis. 

adj
  • Very drunk. 

  • Affected by paralysis; paralysed. 

  • Pertaining to paralysis. 

subnormal

noun
  • A person whose abilities are less than normal. 

  • That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal. 

adj
  • denormal 

  • Less than normal. 

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