nothing vs quantity

nothing

noun
  • Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance. 

  • A trivial remark especially in the term sweet nothings. 

  • A nobody (insignificant person). 

pron
  • Not any thing; no thing. 

  • An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum. 

quantity

noun
  • Length of sounds. 

  • Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object. 

  • A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items. 

  • A specific measured amount. 

  • An indefinite amount of something. 

  • A considerable measure or amount. 

  • Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference. 

How often have the words nothing and quantity occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )