better than nothing vs endurable

better than nothing

adj
  • Barely useful; almost worthless or pointless, but nevertheless better than having nothing at all. 

endurable

adj
  • Capable of enduring; likely to endure; durable. 

  • Able to be endured; tolerable; bearable. 

How often have the words better than nothing and endurable occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )