continuant vs strident

continuant

adj
  • Continuing; prolonged; sustained. 

noun
  • An endurant. 

  • A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix. 

  • A linguistic sound other than a stop. 

strident

adj
  • Vigorous; making strides 

  • Grating or obnoxious 

  • Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding 

noun
  • One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth. 

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