sadness vs woe

sadness

noun
  • An event in one's life that causes sadness. 

  • The state or emotion of being sad. 

woe

noun
  • Great sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness. 

  • A curse; a malediction. 

  • Calamity, trouble. 

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