blessing vs scourge

blessing

noun
  • Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward. 

  • A pronouncement invoking divine aid. 

  • Good fortune. 

  • A modern pagan ceremony. 

  • The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval. 

  • A group of unicorns. 

  • A prayer before a meal; grace. 

  • Something someone is glad of. 

scourge

noun
  • A means to inflict such pain or destruction. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • To strike with a scourge; to flog. 

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