irritable vs phlegmatic

irritable

adj
  • Easily exasperated or excited. 

  • Capable of being irritated. 

  • Responsive to stimuli. 

phlegmatic

adj
  • Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish. 

  • Generating, causing, or full of phlegm. 

noun
  • One who has a phlegmatic disposition. 

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