frivolous vs privative

frivolous

adj
  • Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; trivial. 

  • Having no reasonable prospect of success because its claim is without merit, lacking a supporting legal or factual basis, while the filing party is, or should be, aware of this. 

  • Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner. 

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