covert vs furtive

covert

adj
  • Secret, surreptitious, concealed. 

  • Under coverture. 

noun
  • A covering. 

  • A disguise. 

  • A feather that covers the bases of flight feathers. 

  • Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide. 

  • A hiding place. 

furtive

adj
  • Of a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy. 

  • Of a thing: that has been acquired by theft; stolen; also (generally) taken stealthily. 

  • Of a person or an animal: sly, stealthy. 

  • Of a person, etc.: inclined to steal; pilfering, thieving. 

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