devilry vs pester

devilry

noun
  • mischief. 

  • Wickedness; cruelty. 

  • An act of such mischief, wickedness, cruelty, or witchcraft. 

  • An action performed with the help of a devil; witchcraft. 

pester

noun
  • A bother or nuisance. 

verb
  • To bother, harass, or annoy persistently. 

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