hardness vs resource

hardness

noun
  • The quality of being hard. 

  • An instance of this quality; hardship. 

  • The resistance to scratching, cutting, indentation or abrasion of a metal or other solid material. 

  • The penetrating ability of electromagnetic radiation, such as x-rays; generally, the shorter the wavelength, the harder and more penetrating the radiation. 

  • The measure of resistance to damage of a facility, equipment, installation, or telecommunications infrastructure when subjected to attack. 

  • A measure of how hard a material is 

  • The quantity of calcium carbonate dissolved in water, usually expressed in parts per million (ppm). 

resource

verb
  • To source anew or differently; to find or provide a new source for. 

  • To supply with resources. 

noun
  • Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel. 

  • Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students. 

  • A person's capacity to deal with difficulty. 

  • Hardware or software accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer. 

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