decision vs firmness

decision

noun
  • Firmness of conviction. 

  • A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest. 

  • A choice or judgement. 

  • A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher. 

  • The act of deciding. 

verb
  • To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout 

firmness

noun
  • security; steadfastness; good grip 

  • strictness; mental strength 

  • physical durability; rigidness (of material) 

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