supple vs workable

supple

adj
  • Lithe and agile when moving and bending. 

  • Compliant; yielding to the will of others. 

  • Pliant, flexible, easy to bend. 

verb
  • To make or become supple. 

  • To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. 

workable

adj
  • Capable of functioning. 

  • Able to be worked or fashioned 

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