listening vs perverse

listening

noun
  • Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language. 

  • Action of the verb listening 

  • An educational exercise involving listening 

adj
  • Of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds. 

  • Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear. 

  • Of something or someone that listens. 

perverse

adj
  • Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted. 

  • Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable. 

  • Turned aside while against something, splitting off from a thing. 

  • Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions. 

  • Wayward; vexing; contrary. 

verb
  • To pervert. 

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