embarrassment vs hot seat

embarrassment

noun
  • A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation. 

  • A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty 

  • Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment. 

  • A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements. 

  • A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another. 

hot seat

noun
  • Any stressful situation. 

  • The seat occupied by a game show contestant at a stage where they are answering questions alone. 

  • The electric chair. 

  • A multiplayer game mode where the players take turns playing the game. 

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