sporting vs sprightly

sporting

adj
  • Pertaining to sports 

  • Exhibiting sportsmanship. 

  • Fair, generous; ‘game’. 

noun
  • The act of taking part in a sport. 

sprightly

adj
  • Especially of an older person: energetic and in good health; spry. 

  • Animated, gay, or vivacious; lively, spirited. 

  • Of a person: full of life and vigour, especially with a light and springy step. 

adv
  • In a lively and vigorous way; sprightlily. 

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