brooding vs in earnest

brooding

adj
  • Deeply or seriously thoughtful. 

  • Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them. 

noun
  • A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods. 

in earnest

adj
  • Sincere; determined; truthful. 

adv
  • Having a sincere intent. 

  • With considerable commitment, determination, or effect; significantly. 

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