ornery vs perverse

ornery

adj
  • Cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable. 

  • Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way. 

perverse

adj
  • Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable. 

  • Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted. 

  • 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 ornery and perverse occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )