difficulty vs misery

difficulty

noun
  • The state of being difficult, or hard to do. 

  • Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning 

  • An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal. 

  • An objection. 

  • An awkward situation or quarrel. 

  • That which cannot be easily understood or believed. 

misery

noun
  • Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. 

  • A bodily ache or pain. 

  • poverty. 

  • Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. 

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