rickety vs shaky

rickety

adj
  • Of a person: feeble in the joints; tottering. 

  • Affected with or suffering from rickets. 

  • Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure. 

shaky

adj
  • Easily shaken; tottering; unsound. 

  • Shaking or trembling. 

  • Wavering; undecided. 

  • Full of shakes or cracks; cracked. 

  • Nervous, anxious. 

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