grievance vs vexation

grievance

noun
  • A complaint or annoyance. 

  • A formal complaint, especially in the context of a unionized workplace. 

  • Feelings of being wronged; outrage. 

  • A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint. 

  • Violation of regulations or objectionable behavior. 

  • Something which causes grief. 

vexation

noun
  • The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating. 

  • The state of being vexed or irritated. 

  • Something that vexes or irritates. 

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