ambidextrous vs left-handed

ambidextrous

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

  • Of a person, bisexual. 

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

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

left-handed

adj
  • Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right. 

  • Of a coordinate system: not following the right-hand rule. 

  • Awkward or maladroit. 

  • Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand. 

  • Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise. 

  • Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo. 

  • Insincere or malicious. 

noun
  • Left-handed people, taken as a whole. 

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