handy vs matey

handy

adj
  • Of a person: dexterous, skilful. 

  • Of a freight ship: having a small cargo capacity (less than 40,000 DWT); belonging to the handysize class. 

  • Nearby, within reach. 

  • Physically violent; tending to use one's fists. 

  • Easy to use, useful. 

noun
  • A handgun. 

  • Synonym of mobile phone 

  • The hand. 

  • A hand job. 

matey

adj
  • Sociable or friendly. 

noun
  • A dockyard worker. 

  • A fellow sailor; often used affectedly, especially when portraying a pirate. 

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