indefinite vs transient

indefinite

adj
  • Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite. 

  • Undecided or uncertain. 

  • Being an integral without specified limits. 

  • Vague or unclear. 

  • Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things 

noun
  • A word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things. 

transient

adj
  • Remaining for only a brief time. 

  • Intermediate. 

  • Occasional; isolated; one-off 

  • having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again. 

  • Passing or disappearing with time; transitory. 

  • Decaying with time, especially exponentially. 

  • Operating beyond itself; having an external effect. 

  • Passing through; passing from one person to another. 

noun
  • A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform that occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum. 

  • A homeless person. 

  • homestay 

  • A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge. 

  • A module that generally remains in memory only for a short time. 

  • Something that is transient. 

  • A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker. 

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