firmness vs instability

firmness

noun
  • strictness; mental strength 

  • security; steadfastness; good grip 

  • physical durability; rigidness (of material) 

instability

noun
  • The quality of being unstable. 

  • A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect. 

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