embarrassment vs quandary

embarrassment

noun
  • A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty 

  • A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation. 

  • Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment. 

  • A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements. 

  • A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another. 

quandary

noun
  • A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement. 

  • A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice. 

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