careful vs punctual

careful

adj
  • Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious. 

  • Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous. 

punctual

adj
  • Acting at the appointed time 

  • Existing as a point or series of points 

  • Expressing momentary action that has no duration 

  • Happening at the appointed time 

  • Periodic; occasional. 

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