detached vs handy

detached

adj
  • Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial. 

  • Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested. 

  • Not physically attached; separated from something it could connect to. 

  • Of a house: not joined to another house on either side. 

handy

adj
  • Of a person: dexterous, skilful. 

  • Of a freight ship: having a small cargo capacity (less than 40,000 DWT); belonging to the handysize class. 

  • Nearby, within reach. 

  • Physically violent; tending to use one's fists. 

  • Easy to use, useful. 

noun
  • A handgun. 

  • Synonym of mobile phone 

  • The hand. 

  • A hand job. 

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