bane vs downfall

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. 

downfall

noun
  • The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error. 

  • A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth. 

  • An act of falling down. 

verb
  • To fall down; deteriorate; decline. 

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