tremulous vs unsteady

tremulous

adj
  • Timid, hesitant; lacking confidence. 

  • Trembling, quivering, or shaking. 

unsteady

adj
  • Lacking regularity or uniformity. 

  • Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior. 

  • Not held firmly in position, physically unstable. 

verb
  • To render unsteady, removing balance. 

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