battered vs decayed

battered

adj
  • Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered. 

  • Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up. 

  • Coated with batter (noun). 

decayed

adj
  • Having undergone decay, rotted. 

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