dry-eyed vs tearful

dry-eyed

adj
  • Not made sad (by something); emotionally unaffected. 

  • Not having shed tears. 

tearful

adj
  • Sorrowful. 

  • Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry. 

How often have the words dry-eyed and tearful occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )