hieroglyphic vs impenetrable

hieroglyphic

adj
  • difficult to decipher 

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

noun
  • Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol. 

  • Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph. 

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

impenetrable

adj
  • Opaque; obscure; not translucent or transparent. 

  • Not penetrable. 

  • Incomprehensible; fathomless; inscrutable. 

noun
  • A person not openly given to friendship. 

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