impenetrable vs impermeable

impenetrable

adj
  • Not penetrable. 

  • Opaque; obscure; not translucent or transparent. 

  • Incomprehensible; fathomless; inscrutable. 

noun
  • A person not openly given to friendship. 

impermeable

adj
  • Impossible to permeate. 

  • Not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof. 

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