barren vs breeding

barren

adj
  • Unable to bear children; sterile. 

  • Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation. 

  • Mentally dull; stupid. 

  • Bleak. 

  • Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty. 

noun
  • An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place. 

breeding

adj
  • Of, relating to or used for breeding. 

noun
  • The act of copulation in animals. 

  • Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction. 

  • The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity. 

  • Nurture; education; formation of manners. 

  • Descent; pedigree; extraction. 

  • Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex. 

  • The act of insemination by natural or artificial means. 

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