big vs slight

big

adj
  • Mature, conscientious, principled; generous. 

  • Important or significant. 

  • Popular. 

  • Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce. 

  • Enthusiastic (about). 

  • Fat. 

  • Adult; (of a child) older. 

  • Populous. 

  • Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns 

  • Of great size, large. 

  • Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence. 

  • Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man. 

  • Old, mature. Used to imply that somebody is too old for something, or acting immaturely. 

noun
  • The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role. 

  • An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name. 

  • A initiated member of a sorority who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little). 

  • One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley. 

  • The big leagues, big time. 

adv
  • In a large amount or to a large extent. 

  • On a large scale, expansively. 

  • You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing. 

  • In a boasting manner. 

  • Hard. 

  • In a loud manner. 

slight

adj
  • gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful 

  • still; with little or no movement on the surface 

  • Even, smooth or level 

  • not far away in space or time 

  • of slender build 

  • not thorough; superficial 

  • trifling; unimportant; insignificant 

noun
  • The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy. 

verb
  • To act negligently or carelessly. 

  • To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully. 

  • To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of. 

  • To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition. 

  • To give lesser weight or importance to. 

  • To throw heedlessly. 

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