acerbate vs huff

acerbate

verb
  • To make bitter or sour. 

  • To exasperate; to irritate. 

adj
  • Embittered; having a sour disposition or nature. 

huff

verb
  • To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense. 

  • To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it). 

  • To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector. 

  • To enlarge; to swell up. 

  • To inhale psychoactive inhalants. 

  • To breathe heavily. 

  • To say in a huffy manner. 

noun
  • The act of removing an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it). 

  • A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh. 

  • An expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc. 

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