negligent vs reckless

negligent

adj
  • Careless or inattentive. 

  • Culpable due to negligence. 

reckless

adj
  • Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash. 

  • Indifferent or oblivious to danger or the consequences thereof. 

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