fragile vs resilient

fragile

adj
  • Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure. 

  • Feeling weak or easily disturbed as a result of illness. 

  • Thin-skinned or oversensitive. 

noun
  • Something that is fragile. 

resilient

adj
  • Having the ability to absorb energy when deformed. 

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

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

  • Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions. 

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