pure vs verbal

pure

adj
  • Mere; that and that only. 

  • Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants. 

  • Free of foreign material or pollutants. 

  • Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied. 

  • Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science. 

  • Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant. 

  • A lot of. 

  • Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean. 

verb
  • to hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately 

noun
  • One who, or that which, is pure. 

adv
  • to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly. 

verbal

adj
  • Consisting of words only. 

  • Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text. 

  • Of or relating to words. 

  • Capable of speech. 

  • Used to form a verb. 

  • Word for word. 

  • Derived from, or having the nature of a verb. 

  • Expressly spoken rather than written; oral. 

noun
  • A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals. 

  • Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding. 

  • A spoken confession given to police. 

verb
  • To induce into fabricating a confession. 

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