bother vs colic

bother

noun
  • Trouble, inconvenience. 

  • Fuss, ado. 

intj
  • A mild expression of annoyance. 

verb
  • To do something which is of negligible inconvenience. 

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

  • To annoy, to disturb, to irritate. 

colic

noun
  • Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions. 

  • A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms. 

  • Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems). 

adj
  • Relating to the colon; colonic. 

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