annoy vs twist the knife

annoy

verb
  • To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome. 

  • To molest; to harm; to injure. 

  • To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. 

twist the knife

verb
  • To deliberately do or say something to worsen a difficult situation or increase a person's distress, irritation, or anger. 

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