knotty vs rock hard

knotty

adj
  • Of an austere or hard nature; rugged. 

  • Of a part of the body, a tree, etc.: full of knots (knobs or swellings); gnarled, knobbly. 

  • Of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots. 

  • Complicated or tricky; complex, difficult. 

rock hard

adj
  • As tough, hard, or inflexible as a piece of rock. 

  • With strongly held beliefs and opinions, deep conviction. 

  • With muscles developed and toned to a high degree, especially the muscles of the abdomen. 

  • Having a very fully erect and stiff penis 

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