malcontent vs unhappy

malcontent

noun
  • A person who is not satisfied with current conditions; a discontented person, a rebel. 

adj
  • Dissatisfied with current conditions; disaffected, discontented, rebellious. 

unhappy

noun
  • An individual who is not happy. 

adj
  • Not happy; sad. 

  • Not satisfied; unsatisfied. 

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