beefy vs hefty

beefy

adj
  • Strong or muscular. 

  • Sturdy; robust. 

  • Containing beef. 

  • Similar to, or tasting like beef. 

  • Large; overweight; fat. 

hefty

adj
  • Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built. 

  • Heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive. 

  • Strong; bulky. 

  • Heavy, weighing a lot. 

  • Large. 

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