difficulty vs nightmare

difficulty

noun
  • The state of being difficult, or hard to do. 

  • Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning 

  • An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal. 

  • An objection. 

  • An awkward situation or quarrel. 

  • That which cannot be easily understood or believed. 

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. 

verb
  • To have a nightmare. 

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