careful vs well-laid

careful

adj
  • Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous. 

  • Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious. 

well-laid

adj
  • Formulated carefully or meticulously. 

  • Firmly and properly laid. 

How often have the words careful and well-laid occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )