earthbound vs earthy

earthbound

adj
  • Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually. 

  • Unimaginative or mundane. 

  • Heading towards Earth. 

earthy

adj
  • Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural. 

  • Coarse and unrefined, crude. 

  • Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth). 

  • Like or resembling the earth or of the earth. 

  • Covered with earth (mud, dirt). 

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