grotesque vs surreal

grotesque

noun
  • Anything grotesque. 

  • A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms. 

  • A sans serif typeface. 

adj
  • Disgusting or otherwise viscerally revolting. 

  • Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal, especially in a hideous way. 

  • Sans serif. 

surreal

noun
  • surreal number 

adj
  • Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous 

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