downward vs subalternate

downward

adj
  • Moving, sloping or oriented downward. 

  • Located at a lower level. 

adv
  • At a lower level. 

  • Southward. 

  • Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value. 

subalternate

adj
  • Succeeding by turns; successive. 

  • Subaltern; inferior; subordinate. 

noun
  • A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. 

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