hidebound vs kiasi

hidebound

adj
  • Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible. 

  • Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth. 

  • Bound with the hide of an animal. 

  • Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; emaciated. 

kiasi

adj
  • Unwilling to take a chance for fear that something bad or unfavourable will happen; cowardly. 

noun
  • A kiasi person. 

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