pliable vs resilient

pliable

adj
  • Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded. 

  • Easily persuaded; yielding to influence. 

resilient

adj
  • Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic. 

  • Having the ability to absorb energy when deformed. 

  • Having the ability to recover from mental illness, trauma, etc.; having resilience. 

  • Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions. 

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