antonym vs polar opposite

antonym

noun
  • A word which has the opposite meaning of another word. 

  • A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym. 

polar opposite

noun
  • The complete opposite, opposite in every way. 

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