impervious vs resistant

impervious

adj
  • Immune to damage or effect. 

  • Unaffected or unable to be affected by something. 

  • Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water. 

resistant

adj
  • Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc. 

  • Which makes resistance or offers opposition. 

  • Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample. 

noun
  • A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement. 

  • A thing which resists. 

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