peculiar vs strange

peculiar

adj
  • Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual. 

  • Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular. 

noun
  • an ecclesiastical district, parish, chapel or church outside the jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese in which it is situated. 

  • That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic. 

strange

adj
  • Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary. 

  • Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar. 

  • Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness. 

  • Not belonging to one. 

  • Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience. 

  • Of an attractor: having a fractal structure. 

noun
  • Sex outside of one's current relationship. 

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