only vs world-beating

only

adj
  • Singularly superior; the best. 

  • Alone in a category. 

  • Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender. 

adv
  • As recently as. 

  • Without others or anything further; exclusively. 

  • Used to express surprise or consternation at an action. 

  • Introduces a disappointing or surprising outcome that renders futile something previously mentioned. 

  • No more than; just. 

noun
  • An only child. 

conj
  • Under the condition that; but. 

  • But; except. 

world-beating

adj
  • Superior to all others of its sort. 

How often have the words only and world-beating occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )