solemn vs woeful

solemn

adj
  • Deeply serious and sombre; grave. 

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

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

  • Inspiring serious feelings or thoughts; sombrely impressive. 

woeful

adj
  • Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity. 

  • Wretched; paltry; poor. 

  • Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction. 

  • Lamentable, deplorable. 

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