bane vs toxicant

bane

noun
  • A cause of misery or death. 

  • A disease of sheep. 

  • Bone. 

verb
  • To be the bane of. 

  • To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of. 

toxicant

noun
  • A toxic or poisonous substance. 

adj
  • Capable of causing damage or dysfunction by toxicity; (broadly) poisonous. 

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