threadbare vs timeworn

threadbare

adj
  • banal or clichéd; trite or hackneyed 

  • shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show 

  • damaged or shabby 

  • wearing clothes of threadbare material 

timeworn

adj
  • Banal or trite; hackneyed or overused. 

  • Showing the effects of wear due to long use. 

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