misfortune vs welfare

misfortune

noun
  • An undesirable event such as an accident. 

  • Bad luck. 

welfare

verb
  • To provide with welfare or aid. 

noun
  • Such payment. 

  • Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect. 

  • Various forms of financial aid provided by the government to those who are in need of it (often called welfare assistance in UK English). 

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