potency vs severity

potency

noun
  • The ability or capacity to perform something 

  • Concentration; strength 

  • Sexual virility: the ability to become erect or achieve orgasm. 

  • Potentiality, ability, capacity. 

  • Power, authority. 

severity

noun
  • The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness. 

  • The state of being severe. 

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