perplexity vs vexation

perplexity

noun
  • Something that perplexes. 

  • The state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused. 

  • In information theory, a measurement of how well a probability distribution or model predicts a sample. 

vexation

noun
  • Something that vexes or irritates. 

  • The state of being vexed or irritated. 

  • The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating. 

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