quandary vs strait

quandary

noun
  • A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice. 

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

strait

noun
  • A difficult position. 

  • A narrow pass, passage or street. 

  • A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water. 

  • A neck of land; an isthmus. 

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