agitation vs distress

agitation

noun
  • The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion. 

  • A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's peace of mind. 

  • Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc. 

distress

noun
  • Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. 

  • A cause of such discomfort. 

  • The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction. 

  • Serious danger. 

  • A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt. 

  • An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt. 

verb
  • To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age. 

  • To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain. 

  • To cause strain or anxiety to someone. 

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