meager vs rife

meager

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). 

verb
  • To make lean. 

rife

adj
  • Full of (mostly unpleasant or harmful things). 

  • Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful. 

  • Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things). 

adv
  • Plentifully, abundantly. 

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