footer vs foothold

footer

noun
  • Someone who has a preference for using a certain foot. 

  • Football / soccer. 

  • Something that measures a stated number of feet in some dimension. 

  • A line of information printed at the bottom of a page to identify the contents. (Compare foot in printing.) 

verb
  • To meddle with or pass time without accomplishing anything meaningful. 

foothold

noun
  • A solid grip with the feet. 

  • A secure position from which it is difficult to be dislodged. 

  • Airhead, beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement. 

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