bitterness vs malice

bitterness

noun
  • The quality of eliciting a bitter, humiliating or harsh feeling. 

  • The quality of having a bitter taste. 

  • Harsh cold. 

  • The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings. 

malice

noun
  • Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune. 

  • An intention to do injury to another party, which in many jurisdictions is a distinguishing factor between the crimes of murder and manslaughter. 

verb
  • To intend to cause harm; to bear malice. 

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