briefs vs underwear

briefs

noun
  • A very short, close-fitting type of underpants. 

underwear

noun
  • Underpants (boxers, briefs, panties, etc) and often bras. 

  • Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing. 

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