insensible vs substantial

insensible

adj
  • Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless. 

  • Incapable or deprived of physical sensation. 

  • Unable to be perceived by the senses. 

  • Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent. 

  • Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic. 

  • Unable to be understood; unintelligible. 

substantial

adj
  • Not imaginary; real; actual; true; veritable. 

  • Most important; essential. 

  • Having a substance; actually existing. 

  • Corporeal; material; firm. 

  • Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy. 

  • Satisfying; having sufficient substance to be nourishing or filling. 

  • Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant. 

  • Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm. 

noun
  • Anything having substance; an essential part. 

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