bane vs scourge

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. 

scourge

noun
  • A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction. 

  • A whip, often of leather and often multi-tailed. 

  • A means to inflict such pain or destruction. 

verb
  • To strike with a scourge; to flog. 

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