deadpan vs inexpressive

deadpan

adj
  • Deliberately impassive or expressionless. 

  • Impassive. 

  • Having such a face or look. 

adv
  • In a deadpan manner. 

noun
  • A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression. 

verb
  • To express (oneself) in an impassive or expressionless manner. 

inexpressive

adj
  • Lacking expression or emotion. 

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