austerity vs moderation

austerity

noun
  • Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. 

  • A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both. 

  • Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity. 

moderation

noun
  • The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes 

  • An instance of moderating: bringing something away from extremes, especially in a beneficial way 

  • The process of moderating a discussion 

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