blight vs contamination

blight

noun
  • The bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition. 

  • A rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs. 

  • Anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life. 

verb
  • To spoil, ruin, or destroy (something). 

  • To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of. 

  • To suffer blight. 

contamination

noun
  • Something which contaminates. 

  • A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds. 

  • The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning. 

  • The act or process of contaminating 

  • The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances. 

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