quandary vs uncertainty

quandary

noun
  • A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement. 

  • A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice. 

uncertainty

noun
  • Something uncertain or ambiguous. 

  • Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction. 

  • A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values. 

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