depressing vs hopeless

depressing

adj
  • Causing depression or sadness. 

  • Causing a reduction in economic activity. 

hopeless

adj
  • Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive. 

  • Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate. 

  • Without talent, not skilled. 

  • Incurable. 

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