mayhem vs violence

mayhem

noun
  • Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing. 

  • The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his limbs which are necessary for defense or protection. 

  • The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose. 

  • A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos. 

violence

noun
  • Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering. 

  • Extreme force. 

  • Injustice, wrong. 

  • Widespread fighting. 

verb
  • To subject to violence. 

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