reliable vs tenuous

reliable

adj
  • Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy 

  • Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't 

noun
  • Something or someone reliable or dependable 

tenuous

adj
  • Insubstantial. 

  • Thin in substance or consistency. 

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