ethereal vs unembodied

ethereal

adj
  • Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc. 

  • Pertaining to the (real or hypothetical) upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere. 

  • To do with diethyl ether. 

  • Pertaining to the immaterial realm, as symbolically represented by, or (in earlier epochs) conflated with, such atmospheric and extra-atmospheric concepts. 

unembodied

adj
  • Not expressed or exhibited in material or concrete form; wholly abstract. 

  • Not united in a regimented structure; lacking structure and order. 

  • Existing or operating without involvement by the body; solely mental or intellectual; “ungrounded”, “heady”. 

  • Not incorporated into a coherent system; conceptually disconnected. 

  • Incorporeal; not possessed of a body. 

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