compliance vs perseverance

compliance

noun
  • An act of complying. 

  • The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others. 

  • A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility 

  • The state of being compliant. 

  • The department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with. 

  • The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan 

perseverance

noun
  • Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure. 

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