trivial vs useless

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. 

useless

adj
  • Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action). 

  • Unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting. 

  • Without use or possibility to be used. 

  • Good-for-nothing; not dependable. 

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