bitterness vs languor

bitterness

noun
  • The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings. 

  • The quality of eliciting a bitter, humiliating or harsh feeling. 

  • The quality of having a bitter taste. 

  • Harsh cold. 

languor

noun
  • Melancholy caused by lovesickness, sadness, etc.; (countable) an instance of this. 

  • A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this. 

  • Dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigour; stagnation. 

  • Listless indolence or inactivity, especially if enjoyable or relaxing; dreaminess; (countable) an instance of this. 

  • Heavy humidity and stillness of the air. 

verb
  • To languish. 

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