boring vs curious

boring

noun
  • Fragment thrown up when something is bored or drilled. 

  • A pit or hole which has been bored. 

adj
  • Capable of penetrating; piercing. 

  • Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes. 

  • Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do. 

  • Causing boredom or tiredness; making you to feel tired and impatient. 

curious

adj
  • Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium. 

  • Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying. 

  • Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual. 

  • Caused by curiosity. 

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