bad news vs catastrophe

bad news

noun
  • News of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events. 

  • An irritating, troublesome or harmful person, situation or thing. 

catastrophe

noun
  • Any large and disastrous event of great significance. 

  • A disaster beyond expectations. 

  • The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement. 

  • A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states. 

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