doubtful vs quicksilver

doubtful

adj
  • Unclear or unreliable. 

  • Experiencing or showing doubt, sceptical. 

  • Subject to, or causing doubt. 

  • Improbable or unlikely. 

  • Suspicious, or of dubious character. 

  • Undecided or of uncertain outcome. 

noun
  • A doubtful person or thing. 

quicksilver

adj
  • Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial. 

noun
  • The metal mercury. 

  • An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering. 

verb
  • To overlay with quicksilver. 

  • To treat with quicksilver. 

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