superficial vs thematic

superficial

adj
  • Lacking depth of character or understanding; lacking substance or significance. 

  • Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent. 

  • Existing, occurring, or located on the surface. 

  • Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely. 

  • Situated or occurring on the skin or immediately beneath it. 

  • Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface. 

  • Denoting a quantity of a material expressed in terms of area covered rather than linear dimension or volume. 

noun
  • A surface detail. 

thematic

adj
  • Relating to a melodic subject. 

  • Relating to, or having a theme (“subject”) or a topic. 

  • Of or relating to a theme (“subdivision of the Byzantine empire”). 

  • Of a word stem, ending in a vowel that appears in or otherwise influences the noun or verb's inflection. 

noun
  • A postage stamp that is part of a thematic collection. 

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