saccharine vs stark

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”). 

stark

adv
  • starkly; entirely, absolutely 

adj
  • Naked. 

  • Complete, absolute, full. 

  • Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather). 

  • Plain in appearance; barren, desolate. 

  • Stiff, rigid. 

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