monotone vs significant

monotone

adj
  • Being, or having the salient properties of, a monotone function. 

  • Having a single unvaried pitch. 

verb
  • To speak in a monotone. 

noun
  • A piece of writing in one strain throughout. 

  • A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound. 

significant

adj
  • Having a covert or hidden meaning. 

  • Reasonably large in number or amount. 

  • Having a low probability of occurring by chance (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related). 

  • Having a noticeable or major effect. 

  • Signifying something; carrying meaning. 

noun
  • That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol. 

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