calm vs menace

calm

verb
  • To become calm. 

  • To make calm. 

noun
  • The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion. 

  • A period of time without wind. 

  • The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance. 

adj
  • with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled. 

  • Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety. 

  • Free of noise and disturbance. 

  • Without wind or storm. 

menace

verb
  • To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize. 

  • To threaten (an evil to be inflicted). 

  • To make threats against (someone); to intimidate. 

noun
  • An annoying and bothersome person or thing. 

  • The act of threatening. 

  • A perceived threat or danger. 

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