misery vs woe

misery

noun
  • Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. 

  • A bodily ache or pain. 

  • poverty. 

  • Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. 

woe

noun
  • Great sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness. 

  • A curse; a malediction. 

  • Calamity, trouble. 

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