twirl vs vex

twirl

verb
  • To twist round. 

  • To pitch. 

  • To rotate rapidly. 

  • To perform a twirl. 

noun
  • A little twist of some substance; a swirl. 

  • A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette. 

  • Any rotating movement; a spin. 

  • A prison guard. 

vex

verb
  • To twist, to weave. 

  • To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet. 

  • To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress. 

  • To annoy, irritate. 

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