hi-tech vs knotty

hi-tech

adj
  • Of, or using high technology. 

knotty

adj
  • Complicated or tricky; complex, difficult. 

  • Of a part of the body, a tree, etc.: full of knots (knobs or swellings); gnarled, knobbly. 

  • Of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots. 

  • Of an austere or hard nature; rugged. 

How often have the words hi-tech and knotty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )