malaise vs melancholy

malaise

noun
  • An ambiguous feeling of mental or moral depression. 

  • A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness. 

  • Ill will or hurtful feelings for others or someone. 

melancholy

noun
  • Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature. 

  • Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies. 

adj
  • Affected with great sadness or depression. 

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