crack up vs nightmare

crack up

verb
  • To become insane; to suffer a mental breakdown. 

  • To cause to laugh heartily. 

  • To crash an aircraft or automobile. 

  • To laugh heartily. 

  • To cry up; to extol. 

adj
  • Funny; hilarious 

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