battered vs threadbare

battered

adj
  • Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered. 

  • Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up. 

  • Coated with batter (noun). 

threadbare

adj
  • damaged or shabby 

  • shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show 

  • wearing clothes of threadbare material 

  • banal or clichéd; trite or hackneyed 

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