diffusive vs tardy

diffusive

adj
  • Involving or employing many words; expansive, discursive; (in negative sense) long-winded. 

  • That diffuses something; disseminating. 

  • That is spread or dispersed across a wide area or among a large number of people. 

  • Pertaining to diffusion. 

tardy

adj
  • Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull. 

  • Late; overdue or delayed. 

  • Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift. 

noun
  • A piece of paper given to students who are late to class. 

  • An instance of a student's being marked as tardy by a teacher on the teacher's attendance sheet. 

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