handwriting vs hieroglyphic

handwriting

noun
  • The characteristic writing of a particular person. 

  • The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed. 

  • Text that was written by hand. 

  • A characteristic trait or hallmark by which somebody may be recognised. 

hieroglyphic

noun
  • A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus 

  • Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol. 

  • Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph. 

adj
  • difficult to decipher 

  • of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols 

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