bother vs oblige

bother

verb
  • To do something which is of negligible inconvenience. 

  • To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome. 

  • To annoy, to disturb, to irritate. 

intj
  • A mild expression of annoyance. 

noun
  • Fuss, ado. 

  • Trouble, inconvenience. 

oblige

verb
  • To be indebted to someone. 

  • To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means. 

  • To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation). 

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