paltry vs significant

paltry

adj
  • Despicable; contemptibly unimportant. 

  • Trashy, trivial, of little value. 

  • Of little monetary worth. 

significant

adj
  • Having a covert or hidden meaning. 

  • Reasonably large in number or amount. 

  • Having a low probability of occurring by chance (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related). 

  • Having a noticeable or major effect. 

  • Signifying something; carrying meaning. 

noun
  • That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol. 

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