bereft vs destitute

bereft

adj
  • Deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of. 

  • Pained by the loss of someone. 

destitute

adj
  • lacking money; poor, impoverished 

  • Lacking something; devoid 

verb
  • To impoverish; to strip of wealth, resources, etc. 

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