mercy vs tolerance

mercy

noun
  • A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion. 

  • Instances of forbearance or forgiveness. 

  • A blessing; something to be thankful for. 

  • Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate. 

  • Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another. 

  • A children's game in which two players stand opposite with hands grasped and twist each other's arms until one gives in. 

verb
  • To feel mercy 

  • To show mercy; to pardon or treat leniently because of mercy 

intj
  • Expressing surprise or alarm. 

tolerance

noun
  • The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry. 

  • The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection. 

  • The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement. 

  • The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism. 

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