gritty vs spiritous

gritty

adj
  • Spirited; resolute; unyielding. 

  • Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles. 

  • Intense and starkly realistic; depicting harsh reality, especially violence. 

spiritous

adj
  • spirituous 

  • high-spirited 

  • of the nature of spirit 

  • pure; ardent 

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