early vs handy

early

adj
  • Near the start or beginning. 

  • Near the start of the day. 

  • Having begun to occur; in its early stages. 

  • At a time in advance of the usual or expected event. 

  • Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time. 

  • Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun. 

noun
  • A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day. 

adv
  • At a time before expected; sooner than usual. 

  • Soon; in good time; seasonably. 

handy

adj
  • Nearby, within reach. 

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

  • Of a person: dexterous, skilful. 

  • 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 early and handy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )