ambidextrous vs handy

ambidextrous

adj
  • Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc. 

  • Of a person, bisexual. 

  • Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands. 

  • Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument). 

handy

adj
  • Of a person: dexterous, skilful. 

  • Of a freight ship: having a small cargo capacity (less than 40,000 DWT); belonging to the handysize class. 

  • Nearby, within reach. 

  • Physically violent; tending to use one's fists. 

  • Easy to use, useful. 

noun
  • A handgun. 

  • Synonym of mobile phone 

  • The hand. 

  • A hand job. 

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