brisk vs tonal

brisk

adj
  • Stimulating or invigorating. 

  • Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action. 

  • Full of spirit of life; effervescing. 

  • Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others. 

verb
  • To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate. 

tonal

adj
  • Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something. 

  • Employing differences in pitch (tones) to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words (words which would otherwise be homophonic). 

  • Of or relating to tones or tonality. 

  • Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic. 

noun
  • An animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death. 

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