fluent vs laborious

fluent

adj
  • Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way. 

  • That flows; flowing, liquid. 

laborious

adj
  • Mentally difficult; painstaking. 

  • Industrious. 

  • Requiring much physical effort; toilsome. 

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