helter-skelter vs staid

helter-skelter

adj
  • Carelessly hurried and confused. 

adv
  • In confused, disorderly haste. 

noun
  • A helical fairground slide. 

  • Confusion or turmoil. 

staid

adj
  • Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober. 

  • Always fixed in the same location; stationary. 

How often have the words helter-skelter and staid occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )