agonize vs nightmare

agonize

verb
  • To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish. 

  • To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately, whether mentally or physically. 

  • To cause agony or anguish in someone. 

nightmare

verb
  • To have a nightmare. 

noun
  • Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure. 

  • A very bad or frightening dream. 

  • A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; Sleep paralysis. 

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