empty vs wanting

empty

adj
  • Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain. 

  • Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value). 

  • Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season. 

  • Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial. 

  • Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy. 

  • Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language. 

  • Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant. 

  • Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened. 

verb
  • To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of. 

  • Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination. 

noun
  • A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty. 

wanting

adj
  • Deficient. 

  • That wants or desires. 

  • Absent or lacking. 

noun
  • The state of wanting something; desire. 

prep
  • Without, except, but. 

  • Less, short of, minus. 

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