scourge vs terror

scourge

noun
  • A means to inflict such pain or destruction. 

  • A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction. 

  • A whip, often of leather and often multi-tailed. 

verb
  • To strike with a scourge; to flog. 

terror

noun
  • Something or someone that causes such fear. 

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

  • Intense dread, fright, or fear. 

  • A night terror. 

  • Terrorism. 

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