distant vs shortly

distant

adj
  • Far off (physically, logically or mentally). 

  • Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings. 

shortly

adv
  • In a short or brief time or manner; quickly. 

  • In few words 

  • In or after a short time; soon. 

  • In an irritable ("short") manner. 

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