guarded vs tight-lipped

guarded

adj
  • When the practitioner formulating the opinion does not have enough information to know, or to foretell, what the outcome may be. 

  • Cautious; restrained. 

  • Watched over; supervised. 

tight-lipped

adj
  • Unwilling to divulge information. 

  • Having the lips pressed tightly together, hence, not speaking. 

How often have the words guarded and tight-lipped occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )