belt-tightening vs prudent

belt-tightening

adj
  • Causing or involving a reduction in expenditure. 

noun
  • A reduction in expenditure, often as a result of financial restrictions. 

prudent

adj
  • Frugal, economical. 

  • Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct. 

  • Practically wise, judicious, shrewd. 

How often have the words belt-tightening and prudent occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )