drive to distraction vs vex

drive to distraction

verb
  • To annoy (someone) so much that they cannot concentrate. 

vex

verb
  • To annoy, irritate. 

  • To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet. 

  • To twist, to weave. 

  • To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress. 

How often have the words drive to distraction and vex occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )