difficulty vs privative

difficulty

noun
  • An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal. 

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

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

  • An objection. 

  • An awkward situation or quarrel. 

  • That which cannot be easily understood or believed. 

privative

noun
  • something that causes privation or indicates an absence 

adj
  • causing privation; depriving 

  • consisting in the absence of something; negative 

  • indicating the absence of something 

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