joy vs mirth

joy

noun
  • A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good. 

  • Anything that causes such a feeling. 

  • Luck or success; a positive outcome. 

verb
  • To feel joy, to rejoice. 

mirth

noun
  • The emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter; merriment; jollity; gaiety. 

  • That which causes merriment. 

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