footing vs stepping

footing

noun
  • The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot 

  • Stability or balance when standing on one's feet. 

  • The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation. 

  • A narrow cotton lace, without figures. 

  • A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail. 

  • The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil. 

  • The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column. 

  • A double-check of the numbers vertically. 

  • A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on. 

  • A standing; position; established place; foothold. 

  • A relative condition; state. 

stepping

noun
  • The act of taking a step. 

  • A specific iteration of a model of central processing unit, often distinguished by the addition or removal of features compared to earlier examples of the same processor, or the presence, or lack thereof, of specific bugs. 

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