bedevil vs irritate

bedevil

verb
  • To harass or cause trouble for; to plague. 

  • To perplex or bewilder. 

irritate

verb
  • To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in. 

  • To cause or induce displeasure or irritation. 

  • To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism). 

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