hieroglyphic vs scribe

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 

scribe

noun
  • A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber. 

  • A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.ᵂ 

  • A journalist. 

  • Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist. 

verb
  • To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. 

  • To write or draw with a scribe. 

  • To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc. 

  • To record, as a scribe. 

  • To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron. 

  • To write. 

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