bruising vs ropy

bruising

adj
  • Wearisome, arduous. 

  • That bruises. 

noun
  • Bruises on a person's skin. 

  • A violent physical attack on a person. 

ropy

adj
  • Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch. 

  • Slimy, as after the action of Enterobacter aerogenes in syrup. 

  • Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures. 

  • Of poor quality; in poor health. 

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