inconsequential vs privative

inconsequential

adj
  • Having no consequence; not consequential; of little importance. 

  • Not logically following from the premises. 

noun
  • Something unimportant; something that does not matter. 

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