quandary vs trust

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. 

trust

noun
  • Dependence upon something in the future; hope. 

  • Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit. 

  • That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope. 

  • A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees. 

  • Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system. 

  • Trustworthiness, reliability. 

  • That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge. 

  • The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office. 

  • The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another. 

  • An arrangement whereby property or money is given to be held by a third party (a trustee), on the basis that it will be managed for the benefit of, or eventually transferred to, a stated beneficiary; for example, money to be given to a child when he or she reaches adulthood. 

  • Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality. 

verb
  • To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it). 

  • To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide. 

  • To give credence to; to believe; to credit. 

  • To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid. 

  • to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something. 

  • To commit, as to one's care; to entrust. 

  • To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment. 

  • To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object) 

  • To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in. 

adj
  • of or relating to a trust. 

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