obdurate vs relentless

obdurate

adj
  • Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent. 

  • Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted. 

relentless

adj
  • Unremitting, steady and persistent. 

  • Unrelenting or unyielding in severity. 

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