bother vs worry

bother

verb
  • To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome. 

  • To do something which is of negligible inconvenience. 

  • To annoy, to disturb, to irritate. 

intj
  • A mild expression of annoyance. 

noun
  • Fuss, ado. 

  • Trouble, inconvenience. 

worry

verb
  • To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt. 

  • To harass; to irritate or distress. 

  • To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with. 

  • To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf. 

  • Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress. 

noun
  • A strong feeling of anxiety. 

  • An instance or cause of such a feeling. 

  • A person who causes worry. 

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