fickle vs unsteady

fickle

adj
  • Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable. 

  • Changeable. 

verb
  • To puzzle, perplex, nonplus. 

  • To deceive, flatter. 

unsteady

adj
  • Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior. 

  • Lacking regularity or uniformity. 

  • Not held firmly in position, physically unstable. 

verb
  • To render unsteady, removing balance. 

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