gravelly vs rasping

gravelly

adj
  • Of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping. 

  • Caused by or involving gravel (“kidney stones”). 

  • Full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles. 

rasping

adj
  • raspy 

  • exasperating 

noun
  • A sound that rasps. 

  • The act of rasping as with a file. 

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