uncertainty vs unknown quantity

uncertainty

noun
  • Something uncertain or ambiguous. 

  • Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction. 

  • A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values. 

unknown quantity

noun
  • A person or thing whose nature or value is a mystery. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see unknown, quantity. 

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