many vs meager

many

adj
  • Existing in large number; numerous. 

noun
  • A considerable number. 

  • A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd. 

pron
  • An indefinite large number of people or things. 

det
  • An indefinite large number of. 

  • Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the number of people or things. 

meager

verb
  • To make lean. 

adj
  • Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent 

  • Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible. 

  • Having little flesh; lean; thin. 

  • Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk). 

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