vex vs wry

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. 

wry

verb
  • To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.). 

adj
  • Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place. 

  • Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). 

  • Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. 

  • Twisted, bent, crooked. 

noun
  • Distortion. 

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