hieroglyphic vs shorthand

hieroglyphic

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 

adj
  • difficult to decipher 

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

shorthand

noun
  • A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc. 

  • Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something. 

verb
  • To write in shorthand. 

  • To use a brief or shortened way of saying or doing something. 

  • To render (spoken or written words) into shorthand. 

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