sensible vs shallow

sensible

adj
  • Able to be sensed by the senses or the psyche; able to be perceived. 

  • Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason, or reflecting such ability. 

  • Characterized more by usefulness, practicality, or comfort than by attractiveness, formality, or fashionableness, especially of clothing. 

shallow

adj
  • Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing. 

  • Not steep; close to horizontal. 

  • Not far forward, close to the net. 

  • Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide. 

  • Concerned mainly with superficial matters. 

  • Extending not far downward. 

  • Lacking interest or substance. 

noun
  • A costermonger's barrow. 

  • A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water. 

  • A fish, the rudd. 

verb
  • To make or become less deep. 

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