torment vs trauma

torment

noun
  • Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental. 

  • Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture. 

verb
  • To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.) 

trauma

noun
  • An emotional wound leading to psychological injury. 

  • An event that causes great distress. 

  • Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident. 

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