mind-numbing vs soporific

mind-numbing

adj
  • Excessively boring, tedious, or dull; repetitive; of an activity, etc., lacking any interest or variety that might serve as intellectual stimulation. 

soporific

adj
  • Boring, dull. 

  • Tending to induce sleep. 

noun
  • Something boring or dull. 

  • Something inducing sleep, especially a drug. 

How often have the words mind-numbing and soporific occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )