absent vs privative

absent

adj
  • Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing. 

  • Not existing; lacking. 

  • Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied. 

noun
  • Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there. 

prep
  • In the absence of; without; except. 

verb
  • To keep (oneself) away. 

  • Leave. 

privative

adj
  • indicating the absence of something 

  • causing privation; depriving 

  • consisting in the absence of something; negative 

noun
  • something that causes privation or indicates an absence 

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