ancient vs grizzled

ancient

adj
  • Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old. 

  • Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages. 

  • Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern. 

noun
  • One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery. 

  • A person who is very old. 

  • A person who lived in ancient times. 

grizzled

adj
  • greyed, old 

  • streaked or mixed with grey; grizzly; griseous 

  • grey or partly grey 

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