deadpan vs hebetate

deadpan

adj
  • Impassive. 

  • Deliberately impassive or expressionless. 

  • Having such a face or look. 

adv
  • In a deadpan manner. 

noun
  • A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression. 

verb
  • To express (oneself) in an impassive or expressionless manner. 

hebetate

adj
  • obtuse; dull 

  • Having a dull or blunt and soft point 

verb
  • To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt. 

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