gravelly vs sandy

gravelly

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

  • Of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping. 

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

sandy

adj
  • Covered with sand. 

  • Like sand, especially in texture. 

  • Containing sand. 

  • Sprinkled with sand. 

  • Having the colour of sand. 

noun
  • A sandwich 

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