ardor vs avidity

ardor

noun
  • Spirit; enthusiasm; passion. 

  • Intense heat. 

  • Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion. 

avidity

noun
  • Eagerness; intenseness of desire. 

  • Greediness; strong appetite. 

  • The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins. 

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