malignance vs malignancy

malignance

noun
  • malignancy 

malignancy

noun
  • A malignant cancer; specifically, any neoplasm that is invasive or otherwise not benign. 

  • That which is malign; evil, depravity, malevolence. 

  • The state of being malignant or diseased. 

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