hieroglyphic vs scribble

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 

scribble

noun
  • Careless, hasty writing, doodle or drawing 

verb
  • To write badly; to work as an inferior author or journalist. 

  • To doodle. 

  • To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry. 

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