superficial vs trivial

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. 

trivial

adj
  • Ignorable; of little significance or value. 

  • Commonplace, ordinary. 

  • Pertaining to the trivium. 

  • Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic. 

  • Self-evident. 

  • Concerned with or involving trivia. 

  • Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case. 

  • Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity. 

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