insult vs work on

insult

verb
  • To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). 

noun
  • Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused. 

  • Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality). 

  • Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect. 

work on

verb
  • To shape, form or improve something. 

  • To exercise influence on someone. 

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