elongate vs pencil-thin

elongate

adj
  • Lengthened, extended, elongated; relatively long and slender. 

verb
  • To become long or longer by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated. 

  • To make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated. 

pencil-thin

adj
  • Somewhat cylindrical and slender like a pencil; also, tall and thin. 

How often have the words elongate and pencil-thin occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )