resilient vs sprightly

resilient

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

  • Having the ability to absorb energy when deformed. 

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

  • Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions. 

sprightly

adj
  • Especially of an older person: energetic and in good health; spry. 

  • Animated, gay, or vivacious; lively, spirited. 

  • Of a person: full of life and vigour, especially with a light and springy step. 

adv
  • In a lively and vigorous way; sprightlily. 

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