folly vs understanding

folly

noun
  • Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality. 

  • a pinkish-red color 

  • A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons. 

  • Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence. 

understanding

noun
  • Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer. 

  • Opinion, judgement or outlook. 

  • An informal contract; mutual agreement. 

  • A reconciliation of differences. 

  • The act of one that understands or comprehends; comprehension; knowledge; discernment. 

  • Sympathy. 

adj
  • Showing compassion, tolerance, and forbearance. 

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