dismay vs terror

dismay

noun
  • A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits 

  • Condition fitted to dismay; ruin. 

verb
  • To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay. 

  • To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. 

  • To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy 

terror

noun
  • Intense dread, fright, or fear. 

  • The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction. 

  • A night terror. 

  • Terrorism. 

  • Something or someone that causes such fear. 

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