hieroglyphic vs involved

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 

involved

adj
  • Complicated. 

  • Having an affair with someone. 

  • Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.) 

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