compliant vs tenacious

compliant

adj
  • Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants. 

  • Compatible with or following guidelines, specifications, rules, or laws. 

tenacious

adj
  • Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged. 

  • Having a good memory; retentive. 

  • Holding together; cohesive. 

  • Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive. 

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