provoking vs vexation

provoking

noun

  • provocation 

adj

  • annoying; irritating 

vexation

noun

  • The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating. 

  • The state of being vexed or irritated. 

  • Something that vexes or irritates. 

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