firm vs tiring

firm

verb
  • To become firm; stabilise. 

  • To make firm or strong; fix securely. 

  • To improve after decline. 

  • To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify. 

  • To shorten (of betting odds). 

  • To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer. 

adj
  • Durable, rigid (material state) 

  • Fixed (in opinion). 

  • Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent. 

  • Steadfast, secure, solid (in position) 

noun
  • A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism. 

  • A business partnership; the name under which it trades. 

  • A business enterprise, however organized. 

tiring

noun
  • Bits of bone and tough organic material from a corpse given to hawks to abate their hunger. 

  • The action of tiring. 

adj
  • That tires or tire. 

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