superficial vs total

superficial

noun
  • A surface detail. 

adj
  • Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent. 

  • Lacking depth of character or understanding; lacking substance or significance. 

  • 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. 

total

noun
  • Sum. 

  • An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts. 

verb
  • To equal a total of; to amount to. 

  • To add up; to calculate the sum of. 

  • To amount to; to add up to. 

  • To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss) 

adj
  • Entire; relating to the whole of something. 

  • (of a function) Defined on all possible inputs. 

  • Complete; absolute. 

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