burly vs sturdy

burly

adj
  • Large, well-built, and muscular. 

  • Great, amazing, unbelievable. 

  • Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both. 

  • Full of burls or knots; knotty. 

sturdy

adj
  • Solid in structure or person. 

  • Resolute, in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality. 

  • Of firm build; stiff; stout; strong. 

noun
  • A disease caused by a coenurus infestation in the brain of an animal, especially a sheep or canid; coenurosis. 

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