scabious vs scarious

scabious

adj

  • Of or pertaining to scabies. 

  • Having scabs. 

noun

  • Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa. 

  • Any of several plants of the genus Knautia. 

scarious

adj

  • scaly, scurfy 

  • thin, dry, membranous, and not green 

  • thin, dry, membranous 

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