distress vs please

distress

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. 

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

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

  • To cause strain or anxiety to someone. 

please

verb
  • To desire; to will; to be pleased by. 

  • To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to. 

adv
  • An expression of annoyance or impatience. 

  • Said as a request to repeat information. 

  • Used to make a polite request. 

  • Used as an affirmative to an offer. 

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