fuss vs hassle

fuss

noun
  • Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something. 

  • A complaint or noise; a scene. 

  • An exhibition of affection or admiration. 

verb
  • To show affection for, especially animals. 

  • To pet. 

  • To cry or be ill-humoured. 

  • To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust 

  • To be very worried or excited about something, often too much. 

hassle

noun
  • Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems. 

  • A fight or argument. 

  • An action which is not worth the difficulty involved. 

verb
  • To engage in a mock dogfight. 

  • To pick a fight or start an argument with. 

  • To trouble, to bother, to annoy. 

adj
  • hassling; hasslesome 

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