destitute vs privative

destitute

adj
  • Lacking something; devoid 

  • lacking money; poor, impoverished 

verb
  • To impoverish; to strip of wealth, resources, etc. 

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 destitute and privative occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )