hieroglyphic vs indeterminate

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 

indeterminate

adj
  • Not accurately determined or determinable. 

  • Not definitively or precisely determined, because of the presence of infinity or zero symbols used in any of several improper combinations. 

  • With no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless. 

  • Designed to allow the incorporation of future changes whose nature is not yet known. 

  • Not topped with some form of terminal bud. 

  • Intersex. 

  • Imprecise or vague. 

noun
  • a variable. 

  • A symbol that resembles a variable or parameter but is used purely formally and neither signifies nor is ever assigned a particular value; 

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