barricade vs hassle

barricade

noun
  • A place of confrontation. 

  • A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence 

  • An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark. 

verb
  • to close or block a road etc., using a barricade 

  • to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port 

hassle

noun
  • A fight or argument. 

  • Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems. 

  • 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 barricade and hassle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )