handy vs online

handy

adj
  • Easy to use, useful. 

  • Of a freight ship: having a small cargo capacity (less than 40,000 DWT); belonging to the handysize class. 

  • Of a person: dexterous, skilful. 

  • Nearby, within reach. 

  • Physically violent; tending to use one's fists. 

noun
  • A handgun. 

  • Synonym of mobile phone 

  • The hand. 

  • A hand job. 

online

adj
  • Available on a computer system, even if not networked. 

  • Available over, or delivered from, the Internet. 

  • Of a computer: actively connected to the Internet or to some other communications service. 

  • Connected to the Internet. 

  • Of a generator or power plant: connected to the grid. 

  • Of a system: active, particularly building facilities (such as power) or a factory or power plant. 

  • Immersed in Internet culture. (Usually modified by an intensifier such as extremely or terminally) 

verb
  • To bring (a system, etc.) online; to promote to an active or running state. 

adv
  • While online; while in a running or active state, or connected to the Internet. 

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