serious vs vacillating

serious

adj
  • Committed. 

  • Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition 

  • Really intending what is said (or planned, etc); in earnest; not jocular or deceiving 

  • Important; weighty; not insignificant 

adv
  • In a serious manner; seriously. 

vacillating

adj
  • Liable to vacillate. 

noun
  • Vacillation. 

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