torment vs worry

torment

noun
  • Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental. 

  • Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture. 

verb
  • To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.) 

worry

noun
  • An instance or cause of such a feeling. 

  • A strong feeling of anxiety. 

  • A person who causes worry. 

verb
  • To harass; to irritate or distress. 

  • To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with. 

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

  • 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. 

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