beefed out vs muscular

beefed out

adj
  • muscular, often in an exaggerated way. 

  • Having been improved greatly or upgraded; beefed up. 

muscular

adj
  • Of, relating to, or connected with muscles. 

  • Robust, strong. 

  • Full-bodied 

  • Having large, well-developed muscles. 

  • Brawny, thewy, having strength. 

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