gritty vs plucky

gritty

adj
  • Spirited; resolute; unyielding. 

  • Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles. 

  • Intense and starkly realistic; depicting harsh reality, especially violence. 

plucky

adj
  • Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances. 

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