desperate vs fraught

desperate

adj
  • Beyond hope, leaving little reason for hope; causing despair; extremely perilous. 

  • Extremely bad; outrageous, shocking; intolerable. 

  • In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire. 

  • Intense; extremely intense. 

  • Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless. 

  • Involving or employing extreme measures, without regard to danger or safety; reckless due to hopelessness. 

noun
  • A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc. 

fraught

adj
  • Distressed or causing distress, for example through complexity. 

  • Furnished, equipped. 

  • Loaded up or charged with; accompanied by; entailing. 

  • Laden. 

verb
  • To load (a ship, cargo etc.). 

noun
  • Two bucketfuls (of water). 

  • A load; a burden. 

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