cuss vs pest

cuss

noun
  • A curse word. 

  • A curse. 

verb
  • To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely. 

pest

noun
  • An annoying person, a nuisance. 

  • Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest. 

  • An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin. 

  • An invasive weed. 

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