plural vs scant

plural

adj
  • Pluralistic. 

  • Consisting of or containing more than one of something. 

  • In systems of number, not singular or not singular or dual. 

noun
  • A person with some form of multiplicity, particularly dissociative identity disorder. 

  • The plural number. In English, referring to more or less than one of something. 

  • A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form. 

scant

adj
  • Sparing; parsimonious; chary. 

  • Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager. 

verb
  • To fail, or become less; to scantle. 

  • To limit in amount or share; to stint. 

det
  • Very little, very few. 

noun
  • A sheet of stone. 

  • Scarcity; lack. 

  • A small piece or quantity. 

  • A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size. 

  • A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level. 

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