annoyance vs hassle

annoyance

noun
  • The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated. 

  • That which annoys. 

  • An act or instance of annoying. 

hassle

noun
  • Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems. 

  • A fight or argument. 

  • An action which is not worth the difficulty involved. 

verb
  • To engage in a mock dogfight. 

  • To pick a fight or start an argument with. 

  • To trouble, to bother, to annoy. 

adj
  • hassling; hasslesome 

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