act of God vs bane

act of God

noun
  • An unforeseen occurrence beyond one's control, such as a natural disaster. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see act, of, God. 

bane

noun
  • A cause of misery or death. 

  • A disease of sheep. 

  • Bone. 

verb
  • To be the bane of. 

  • To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of. 

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