phlegmatic vs temperamental

phlegmatic

adj
  • Generating, causing, or full of phlegm. 

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

noun
  • One who has a phlegmatic disposition. 

temperamental

adj
  • Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious. 

  • Of, related to, or caused by temperament. 

  • User-unfriendly, unstable, that is complicated or has poorly written instructions and is subsequently difficult to operate. 

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