fiery vs quicksilver

fiery

adj
  • Tempestuous or emotionally volatile. 

  • Of or relating to fire. 

  • Inflammable or easily ignited. 

  • Burning or glowing. 

  • Hot or inflamed. 

  • Having the colour of fire. 

  • Spirited or filled with emotion. 

quicksilver

adj
  • Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial. 

noun
  • The metal mercury. 

  • An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering. 

verb
  • To overlay with quicksilver. 

  • To treat with quicksilver. 

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