imponderable vs privative

imponderable

noun
  • A factor that cannot be anticipated. 

  • An imponderable question. 

  • An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism. 

adj
  • Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed. 

  • Difficult or impossible to comprehend or evaluate. 

privative

noun
  • something that causes privation or indicates an absence 

adj
  • causing privation; depriving 

  • consisting in the absence of something; negative 

  • indicating the absence of something 

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