generous vs scant

generous

adj
  • Invigorating in its nature. 

  • Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed. 

  • Large, more than ample, copious. 

  • Noble in behaviour or actions; principled, not petty; kind, magnanimous. 

scant

verb
  • To fail, or become less; to scantle. 

  • To limit in amount or share; to stint. 

adj
  • Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager. 

  • Sparing; parsimonious; chary. 

det
  • Very little, very few. 

noun
  • A sheet of stone. 

  • Scarcity; lack. 

  • A small piece or quantity. 

  • A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size. 

  • A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level. 

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