mordacious vs wry

mordacious

adj
  • Sharp in intent, sarcastic 

  • Prone to biting, aggressive (of an animal etc.). 

  • Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive 

  • sharp or caustic in style or tone. 

wry

adj
  • Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. 

  • Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place. 

  • Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). 

  • Twisted, bent, crooked. 

noun
  • Distortion. 

verb
  • To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.). 

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