benevolent vs snide

benevolent

adj
  • Possessing or manifesting love for mankind. 

  • Having a disposition to do good. 

  • Altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair. 

snide

adj
  • Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible. 

  • Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way. 

noun
  • An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practice; a sharper; a cheat. 

  • Counterfeit money. 

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