distress vs focusing

distress

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

  • A cause of such discomfort. 

  • 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. 

focusing

noun
  • The action of the verb to focus. 

adj
  • Used for or pertaining to focusing. 

  • Pertaining to the direction of attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or purpose over time. 

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