footstool vs seat cushion

footstool

noun
  • A low stool for supporting the feet while seated. 

  • Anything trodden upon or treated as subservient. 

seat cushion

noun
  • Something you can sit on, or an integral part of a seat (e.g. on a bus or train). 

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