staggering vs unsteady

staggering

adj
  • Lurching, floundering. 

  • Incredible, overwhelming, amazing. 

noun
  • The motion of one who staggers. 

  • The condition of being staggered or amazed. 

  • In animation, the repetition of a sequence of frames to show struggling effort 

unsteady

adj
  • Not held firmly in position, physically unstable. 

  • Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior. 

  • Lacking regularity or uniformity. 

verb
  • To render unsteady, removing balance. 

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