aggravation vs comfort

aggravation

noun
  • Provocation, irritation, annoyance. 

  • An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity. 

  • The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences. 

  • Exaggerated representation. 

comfort

noun
  • A cause of relief or satisfaction. 

  • Something that offers comfort. 

  • A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry. 

  • Contentment, ease. 

verb
  • To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to. 

  • To make comfortable. 

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