fizzle vs nightmare

fizzle

noun
  • A state of agitation or worry. 

  • Failure of an exploding nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing. 

  • An abortive effort; a flop or dud. 

  • A spluttering or hissing sound. 

verb
  • To fail to generate the expected yield when exploded during testing. 

  • To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped. 

  • To sputter or hiss. 

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