pest vs pester

pest

noun
  • An annoying person, a nuisance. 

  • Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest. 

  • An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin. 

  • An invasive weed. 

pester

noun
  • A bother or nuisance. 

verb
  • To bother, harass, or annoy persistently. 

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