uncharacteristic vs unique

uncharacteristic

adj
  • Not characteristic 

  • Out of character; behavior that is unusual for a given person or thing. 

unique

adj
  • Particular, characteristic. 

  • Of a rare quality, unusual. 

  • Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched. 

  • Of a feature, such that only one holder has it. 

noun
  • A thing without a like; something unequalled or unparallelled; one of a kind. 

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