short of breath vs short-winded

short of breath

adj
  • short-winded; panting; breathless; in a state of breathlessness 

short-winded

adj
  • Out of breath, gasping for air; breathing rapidly, or given to becoming short of breath. 

  • Concise and to the point (opposite of long-winded). 

  • Hasty, breathless; rushed. 

How often have the words short of breath and short-winded occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )