hardship vs mischance

hardship

verb
  • To treat (a person) badly; to subject to hardships. 

noun
  • Difficulty or trouble; hard times. 

  • A burden, a source of difficulty that could impose a barrier. 

mischance

verb
  • To undergo (a misfortune); to suffer (something unfortunate). 

noun
  • Bad luck, misfortune. 

  • A mishap, an unlucky circumstance. 

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