generic vs varietal

generic

noun
  • A term that specifies neither male nor female. 

  • A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties. 

  • A product sold under a generic name. 

adj
  • not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class. 

  • Relating to gender. 

  • Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups (genera) as opposed to specific instances. 

  • Pertaining to genera of life instead of particular species thereof. 

  • specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene; unisex. 

  • lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise 

  • Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter. 

  • Having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field. 

varietal

adj
  • Pertaining to a distinct variety of organism. 

  • Of or relating to a variety of a language. 

  • Made from a single specific variety (especially of grapes in wine). 

noun
  • A wine made primarily from or exclusively from a single variety of grape, which carries the name of that grape. 

  • A coffee made primarily from or exclusively from a single variety of coffee bean. 

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