intoxicant vs spiritous

intoxicant

adj

  • Intoxicating. 

noun

  • Poison. 

  • Something which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent 

spiritous

adj

  • high-spirited 

  • spirituous 

  • of the nature of spirit 

  • pure; ardent 

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