schizophrenic vs screwball

schizophrenic

adj
  • Exhibiting more than one personality; having a wildly changeable personality. 

  • Having qualities that strongly jar or are at odds. 

  • Of or relating to schizophrenia. 

  • Afflicted with schizophrenia; having difficulty with perception of reality. 

noun
  • A person suffering from schizophrenia. 

screwball

adj
  • Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird. 

noun
  • One who behaves in a crazy manner. 

  • A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher. 

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