besetting vs neurotic

besetting

adj
  • Obsessive 

  • Deeply rooted; persistent. 

noun
  • The act of one who besets or attacks. 

neurotic

adj
  • Overly anxious. 

  • Affected with a neurosis. 

  • Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves. 

noun
  • A person who has a neurosis 

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