beleaguer vs bother

beleaguer

verb
  • To vex, harass, or beset. 

  • To besiege; to surround with troops. 

  • To exhaust. 

bother

verb
  • To annoy, to disturb, to irritate. 

  • To do something which is of negligible inconvenience. 

  • To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome. 

noun
  • Fuss, ado. 

  • Trouble, inconvenience. 

intj
  • A mild expression of annoyance. 

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