drowsy vs hypnic

drowsy

adj
  • Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness 

  • Causing someone to fall sleep or feel sleepy; lulling; soporific. 

  • Dull; stupid. 

  • Boring. 

hypnic

adj
  • That induces sleep. 

noun
  • Any sleep-inducing drug. 

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