clamor vs mayhem

clamor

noun
  • A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation. 

  • Any loud and continued noise. 

  • A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry. 

verb
  • To cry out and/or demand. 

  • To demand by outcry. 

  • To influence by outcry. 

  • To become noisy insistently. 

mayhem

noun
  • A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos. 

  • The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his limbs which are necessary for defense or protection. 

  • Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing. 

  • The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose. 

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