curious vs surreal

curious

adj
  • Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium. 

  • Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying. 

  • Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual. 

  • Caused by curiosity. 

surreal

noun
  • surreal number 

adj
  • Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous 

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