fatal vs pestiferous

fatal

adj
  • Causing death or destruction. 

  • Causing a sudden end to the running of a program. 

  • Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny. 

  • Foreboding death or great disaster. 

noun
  • A fatality; an event that leads to death. 

  • A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate. 

pestiferous

adj
  • containing organisms that cause contagious diseases 

  • annoying, vexatious 

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