pity vs torment

pity

noun
  • A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something. 

  • Something regrettable. 

intj
  • Short form of what a pity. 

verb
  • To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of. 

  • To feel pity for (someone or something). 

torment

noun
  • Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental. 

  • Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture. 

verb
  • To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.) 

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