recurrent vs unsteady

recurrent

adj
  • Recurring; happening time after time. 

  • Turned back toward the base. 

  • Running back toward its origin. 

  • Non-transient. 

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 recurrent and unsteady occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )