bedevil vs pester

bedevil

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

  • To perplex or bewilder. 

pester

verb
  • To bother, harass, or annoy persistently. 

noun
  • A bother or nuisance. 

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