aggravation vs outrage

aggravation

noun
  • The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences. 

  • An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity. 

  • Provocation, irritation, annoyance. 

  • Exaggerated representation. 

outrage

noun
  • An offensive, immoral or indecent act. 

  • The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts. 

  • An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity. 

verb
  • To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse. 

  • To inspire feelings of outrage in. 

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