supersonic vs tardy

supersonic

adj
  • Ultrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible. 

  • Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure). 

noun
  • An aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound. 

tardy

adj
  • Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull. 

  • Late; overdue or delayed. 

  • Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift. 

noun
  • A piece of paper given to students who are late to class. 

  • An instance of a student's being marked as tardy by a teacher on the teacher's attendance sheet. 

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