dour vs solemn

dour

adj
  • Expressing gloom or melancholy. 

  • Stern, harsh and forbidding. 

  • Unyielding and obstinate. 

solemn

adj
  • Inspiring serious feelings or thoughts; sombrely impressive. 

  • Characterized by or performed with appropriate or great ceremony or formality. 

  • Of or pertaining to religious ceremonies and rites; (generally) religious in nature; sacred. 

  • Deeply serious and sombre; grave. 

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