nugatory vs privative

nugatory

adj
  • Trivial, trifling or of little importance. 

  • Having no force, inoperative, ineffectual. 

  • Removable from a computer program with safety, but harmless if retained. 

  • Ineffective, invalid or futile. 

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