agony vs colic

agony

noun
  • Extreme pain. 

  • Violent contest or striving. 

  • Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion. 

  • The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane. 

  • The last struggle of life; death struggle. 

colic

noun
  • Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems). 

  • A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms. 

  • Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions. 

adj
  • Relating to the colon; colonic. 

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