snappy vs tardy

snappy

adj
  • Irritable. 

  • Chilly, brisk, sharp. 

  • Tidy; well-dressed; sharp. 

  • Clever, catchy. 

  • Rapid and without delay. 

  • Tending to snap or bite 

tardy

noun
  • A piece of paper given to students who are late to class. 

  • An instance of a student's being marked as tardy by a teacher on the teacher's attendance sheet. 

adj
  • Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull. 

  • Late; overdue or delayed. 

  • Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift. 

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