hardened vs pathological

hardened

adj
  • Firmly established or unlikely to change; inveterate. 

  • Inured; toughened. 

  • Having extra defences against attack; highly fortified. 

  • Unfeeling; pitiless; callous. 

pathological

adj
  • Having properties which are counterintuitive or difficult to handle. 

  • Relating to, amounting to, causing, or caused by a physical or mental disorder. 

  • Pertaining to pathology. 

  • Having properties that cause unusually bad behaviour, especially regarding correctness or performance. 

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