handicapped vs helpless

handicapped

adj
  • Limited by an impediment of some kind. 

  • Having a handicap. 

noun
  • A disabled person. 

helpless

adj
  • Uncontrollable. 

  • Unable to defend oneself. 

  • Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble. 

  • Lacking help; powerless. 

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