dismay vs perturb

dismay

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 

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. 

perturb

verb
  • To disturb; to bother or unsettle. 

  • To modify the motion of a body by exerting a gravitational force. 

  • To modify slightly, such as an equation or value. 

  • To slightly modify the motion of an object. 

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