impassable vs sparse

impassable

adj
  • Incapable of being overcome or surmounted. 

  • Not usable as legal tender. 

  • Incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated. 

sparse

adj
  • Having few nonzero elements 

  • Having widely spaced intervals. 

  • Not dense; meager; scanty 

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