saccharine vs staggering

saccharine

noun
  • Sentimentalism. 

adj
  • Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy. 

  • Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid. 

  • Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”). 

staggering

noun
  • The condition of being staggered or amazed. 

  • The motion of one who staggers. 

  • In animation, the repetition of a sequence of frames to show struggling effort 

adj
  • Lurching, floundering. 

  • Incredible, overwhelming, amazing. 

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