imponderable vs vaporous

imponderable

adj
  • Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed. 

  • Difficult or impossible to comprehend or evaluate. 

noun
  • An imponderable question. 

  • A factor that cannot be anticipated. 

  • An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism. 

vaporous

adj
  • Lacking depth or substance; insubstantial, thoughtless, vague. 

  • Of a thing: covered or hidden by vapour, fog, or mist. 

  • Of a place: filled with vapour; foggy, misty. 

  • Breathing out or giving off vapour. 

  • Of or relating to vapour; also, having the characteristics or consistency of vapour. 

  • Of clothes or fabric: thin and translucent; filmy, gauzy. 

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