saccharine vs wholesome

saccharine

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”). 

noun
  • Sentimentalism. 

wholesome

adj
  • Decent; innocuous; sweet. 

  • Favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous. 

  • Promoting moral and mental well-being. 

  • Promoting good physical health and well-being. 

  • Marked by wholeness; sound and healthy. 

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