pleonastic vs semantic

pleonastic

adj
  • Of, or relating to pleonasm. 

  • Characterised by the use of redundant words or an excessive number of words. 

  • Redundant. 

semantic

adj
  • Of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words. 

  • Reflecting intended structure and meaning. 

  • Petty or trivial; (of a person or statement) quibbling, niggling. 

noun
  • In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its meaning; contrasted with phonetic. 

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