bane vs nightmare

bane

verb
  • To be the bane of. 

  • To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of. 

noun
  • A cause of misery or death. 

  • A disease of sheep. 

  • Bone. 

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 bane and nightmare occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )