gaunt vs gracile

gaunt

adj
  • Lean, angular, and bony. 

  • Haggard, drawn, and emaciated. 

  • Bleak, barren, and desolate. 

gracile

adj
  • Lean, slender, thin. 

  • Graceful or gracefully slender. 

  • Of an animal or skeletal element: having a slender frame. 

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