foothold vs resistance

foothold

noun
  • A solid grip with the feet. 

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

  • Airhead, beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement. 

resistance

noun
  • A force that tends to oppose motion. 

  • The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist. 

  • An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement. 

  • electrical resistance. 

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