scary vs spookish

scary

adj
  • Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened. 

  • Uncannily striking or surprising. 

  • Causing fear or anxiety 

adv
  • To a scary extent; scarily. 

noun
  • Barren land having only a thin coat of grass. 

spookish

adj
  • Easily startled, frightened, or unnerved. 

  • Frightening or unnerving in the manner of something eerie or supernatural; spooky. 

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