disabled vs subnormal

disabled

noun
  • One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular) 

adj
  • Made incapable of use or action. 

  • Having a disability. 

  • Legally disqualified. 

subnormal

noun
  • A person whose abilities are less than normal. 

  • That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal. 

adj
  • denormal 

  • Less than normal. 

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