alert vs minding

alert

noun
  • A notification of higher importance than an advisory. 

  • An alarm. 

  • A state of readiness for potential combat. 

verb
  • To give warning to. 

adj
  • Attentive; awake; on guard. 

minding

noun
  • The act of taking heed of something. 

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