tough vs tractable

tough

adj
  • Strong and resilient; sturdy. 

  • Harsh or severe. 

  • Difficult or demanding. 

  • Stubborn or persistent; capable of stubbornness or persistence. 

  • Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking. 

  • Difficult to cut or chew. 

  • Rugged or physically hardy. 

  • Rowdy or rough. 

intj
  • Used to indicate lack of sympathy 

verb
  • To endure. 

  • To toughen. 

noun
  • A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully. 

tractable

adj
  • Capable of being shaped; malleable. 

  • Easy to deal with or manage 

  • Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed. 

  • Sufficiently operationalizable or useful to allow a mathematical calculation to proceed toward a solution. 

  • Algorithmically solvable fast enough to be practically relevant, typically in polynomial time. 

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