acerbation vs affliction

acerbation

noun
  • Bitterness of feeling. 

  • Exacerbation, aggravation, deterioration. 

affliction

noun
  • A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony. 

  • Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony. 

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