shortness vs shrinking

shortness

noun

  • The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief. 

  • The property of being short or terse. 

  • The result or product of being short. 

shrinking

noun

  • The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away. 

adj

  • Shy and retiring. 

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