cumbrous vs ponderous

cumbrous

adj
  • Unwieldy because of size or weight; cumbersome. 

ponderous

adj
  • Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight. 

  • Heavy, massive, weighty. 

  • Characterized by or associated with pondering. 

  • Serious, onerous, oppressive. 

  • Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression. 

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