firmness vs perseverance

firmness

noun
  • security; steadfastness; good grip 

  • strictness; mental strength 

  • physical durability; rigidness (of material) 

perseverance

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

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