hairline vs recondite

hairline

adj
  • very thin, as thin as a hair 

noun
  • A fishing line made from hair. 

  • The line along one's forehead where hair starts growing. 

  • A very thin line in writing, drawing, or typography. 

  • A very thin fissure. 

recondite

adj
  • Little known; esoteric, secret. 

  • Difficult to grasp or understand; abstruse, profound. 

  • Having mastery over one's field, including its esoteric minutiae; learned. 

  • Deliberately employing abstruse or esoteric allusions or references; intentionally obscure. 

noun
  • A recondite (hidden or obscure) person or thing. 

  • A scholar or other person who is recondite, that is, who has mastery over his or her field, including its esoteric minutiae. 

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