puny vs sparse

puny

adj
  • Of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak. 

  • (Frequently) ill; poorly, sickly. 

sparse

adj
  • Not dense; meager; scanty 

  • Having few nonzero elements 

  • Having widely spaced intervals. 

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