dismay vs horror

dismay

noun
  • A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits 

  • Condition fitted to dismay; ruin. 

verb
  • To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay. 

  • To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. 

  • To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy 

horror

noun
  • An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance. 

  • A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense. 

  • An individual work in this genre. 

  • Delirium tremens. 

  • A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror. 

  • Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence. 

  • Something horrible; that which excites horror. 

  • An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors. 

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