comfort vs dismay

comfort

noun
  • A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry. 

  • A cause of relief or satisfaction. 

  • Something that offers comfort. 

  • Contentment, ease. 

verb
  • To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to. 

  • To make comfortable. 

dismay

noun
  • A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits 

  • Condition fitted to dismay; ruin. 

verb
  • To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay. 

  • To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. 

  • To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy 

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