bare-boned vs lithe

bare-boned

adj
  • slim; not fleshy; very lean; emaciated 

  • Very basic; having only the essentials and nothing else. 

lithe

adj
  • Slim but not skinny. 

  • Adaptable. 

  • Capable of being easily bent; flexible. 

noun
  • Shelter. 

verb
  • To listen to, hearken to. 

How often have the words bare-boned and lithe occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )