legitimate vs sensible

legitimate

adj
  • Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid. 

  • In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements. 

  • Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple. 

  • Authentic, real, genuine. 

  • Relating to hereditary rights. 

  • Belonging or relating to the legitimate theater. 

verb
  • To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means. 

noun
  • A person born to a legally married couple. 

sensible

adj
  • Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason, or reflecting such ability. 

  • Able to be sensed by the senses or the psyche; able to be perceived. 

  • Characterized more by usefulness, practicality, or comfort than by attractiveness, formality, or fashionableness, especially of clothing. 

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