nugatory vs trivial

nugatory

adj
  • Trivial, trifling or of little importance. 

  • Having no force, inoperative, ineffectual. 

  • Removable from a computer program with safety, but harmless if retained. 

  • Ineffective, invalid or futile. 

trivial

adj
  • Ignorable; of little significance or value. 

  • Commonplace, ordinary. 

  • Pertaining to the trivium. 

  • Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic. 

  • Self-evident. 

  • Concerned with or involving trivia. 

  • Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case. 

  • Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity. 

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