emergency vs predicament

emergency

noun
  • A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention. 

  • Arising from or used in an emergency. 

  • An individual brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc. 

  • The department of a hospital that treats emergencies. 

predicament

noun
  • An unfortunate or trying position or condition. 

  • A definite class, state or condition. 

  • That which is predicated; a category. 

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