muscular vs puny

muscular

adj
  • Robust, strong. 

  • Full-bodied 

  • Of, relating to, or connected with muscles. 

  • Having large, well-developed muscles. 

  • Brawny, thewy, having strength. 

puny

adj
  • Of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak. 

  • (Frequently) ill; poorly, sickly. 

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