doubtful vs privative

doubtful

adj
  • Subject to, or causing doubt. 

  • Experiencing or showing doubt, sceptical. 

  • Improbable or unlikely. 

  • Unclear or unreliable. 

  • Suspicious, or of dubious character. 

  • Undecided or of uncertain outcome. 

noun
  • A doubtful person or thing. 

privative

adj
  • consisting in the absence of something; negative 

  • causing privation; depriving 

  • indicating the absence of something 

noun
  • something that causes privation or indicates an absence 

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