fall asleep vs nightmare

fall asleep

verb
  • To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep. 

  • To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb. 

  • To die (often seen on gravestones). 

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