hedging one’s bets vs prudent

hedging one’s bets

prudent

adj
  • Frugal, economical. 

  • Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct. 

  • Practically wise, judicious, shrewd. 

How often have the words hedging one’s bets and prudent occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )