acerbation vs qualm

acerbation

noun
  • Bitterness of feeling. 

  • Exacerbation, aggravation, deterioration. 

qualm

noun
  • A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness. 

  • A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. 

  • A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc. 

verb
  • To have a sickly feeling. 

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