dejection vs joy

dejection

noun
  • The act of humbling or abasing oneself. 

  • A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues. 

  • A low condition; weakness; inability. 

joy

noun
  • A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good. 

  • Anything that causes such a feeling. 

  • Luck or success; a positive outcome. 

verb
  • To feel joy, to rejoice. 

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