exigency vs extremity

exigency

noun
  • An urgent situation, one requiring extreme effort or attention. 

  • The demands or requirements of a situation. 

extremity

noun
  • The most extreme or furthest point of something. 

  • A hand or foot. 

  • A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”). 

  • An extreme measure. 

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