lavish vs sparing

lavish

adj
  • Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal. 

  • Superabundant; excessive. 

verb
  • To give out extremely generously; to squander. 

  • To give out to (somebody) extremely generously. 

sparing

adj
  • Prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal. 

noun
  • The act by which something or someone is spared. 

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