eat away at vs pother

eat away at

verb
  • To cause to feel uneasy, troubled, worried, guilty, or vexed; to bother about something. 

  • To erode. 

  • To consume or use up, erode or wear away gradually. 

pother

verb
  • To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy. 

  • To puzzle or perplex. 

noun
  • A commotion, a tempest. 

How often have the words eat away at and pother occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )