privative vs tore up

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 

tore up

adj

  • unsightly, unkempt, dirty 

  • particularly drunk 

  • Damaged, hurt or broken 

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