brutal vs callous

brutal

adj
  • Harsh; unrelenting. 

  • Disagreeably precise or penetrating. 

  • Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel. 

  • Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech. 

  • Direct and without attempt to disguise unpleasantness. 

  • In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs. 

callous

adj
  • Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others. 

  • Having calluses, or relating to calluses. 

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