fortune vs scourge

fortune

verb
  • To tell the fortune of (someone); to presage. 

  • To provide (someone) with a fortune. 

noun
  • Destiny, especially favorable. 

  • A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller. 

  • A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie. 

  • The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident. 

  • One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast. 

  • Good luck. 

  • A large amount of money. 

scourge

noun
  • A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction. 

  • A whip, often of leather and often multi-tailed. 

  • A means to inflict such pain or destruction. 

verb
  • To strike with a scourge; to flog. 

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