helpless vs resilient

helpless

adj
  • Unable to defend oneself. 

  • Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble. 

  • Uncontrollable. 

  • Lacking help; powerless. 

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 helpless and resilient occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )