bother vs disturb

bother

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

  • To do something which is of negligible inconvenience. 

  • To annoy, to disturb, to irritate. 

intj
  • A mild expression of annoyance. 

noun
  • Fuss, ado. 

  • Trouble, inconvenience. 

disturb

verb
  • to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion. 

  • to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing. 

  • to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids. 

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