alleviation vs upheaval

alleviation

noun
  • the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement 

  • the act of alleviating; relief or mitigation. 

upheaval

noun
  • Disruptive change, from one state to another. 

  • A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion. 

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

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