deed vs distress

deed

verb
  • To transfer real property by deed. 

noun
  • An action or act; something that is done. 

  • A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before witnesses. 

  • A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit. 

  • Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation. 

distress

verb
  • To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain. 

  • To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age. 

  • To cause strain or anxiety to someone. 

noun
  • A cause of such discomfort. 

  • The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction. 

  • Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. 

  • Serious danger. 

  • A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt. 

  • An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt. 

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