supple vs yielding

supple

adj
  • Compliant; yielding to the will of others. 

  • Lithe and agile when moving and bending. 

  • Pliant, flexible, easy to bend. 

verb
  • To make or become supple. 

  • To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. 

yielding

adj
  • Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure. 

noun
  • A concession. 

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