symbolic vs unreal

symbolic

adj
  • Implicitly representing or referring to another thing. 

  • Pertaining to a symbol. 

unreal

adj
  • Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality. 

  • very impressive; amazing; unbelievable; incredible; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life. 

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