severity vs understanding

severity

noun
  • The state of being severe. 

  • The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness. 

understanding

noun
  • Sympathy. 

  • Opinion, judgement or outlook. 

  • An informal contract; mutual agreement. 

  • A reconciliation of differences. 

  • The act of one that understands or comprehends; comprehension; knowledge; discernment. 

  • Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer. 

adj
  • Showing compassion, tolerance, and forbearance. 

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