gruff vs short-spoken

gruff

adj
  • hoarse-voiced. 

  • Of goods: bulky. 

  • having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature. 

verb
  • To speak gruffly. 

short-spoken

adj
  • sharp and curt in one's speech; terse 

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