tumult vs upheaval

tumult

noun
  • Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds. 

  • Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd. 

  • A riot or uprising. 

upheaval

noun
  • A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion. 

  • Disruptive change, from one state to another. 

  • The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust. 

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