gossamer vs tenuous

gossamer

adj
  • Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate. 

noun
  • Anything delicate, light and flimsy. 

  • A fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes, etc. 

  • A soft, sheer fabric. 

tenuous

adj
  • Thin in substance or consistency. 

  • Insubstantial. 

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