aculeated vs brash

aculeated

adj
  • Pungent, incisive. 

  • Having a sharp point; armed with prickles. 

brash

adj
  • Overly bold, impetuous or rash. 

  • Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless. 

  • Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way. 

noun
  • Broken fragments of ice. 

  • Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits. 

  • A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness. 

  • A sudden burst of rain. 

  • Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge. 

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