Pester vs Beflea - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between pester and beflea

is that pester is to bother, harass or annoy persistently while beflea is to pester, as fleas do.

is that pester is to bother, harass or annoy persistently while beflea is to pester, as fleas do.

* pestre (obsolete)

(en verb)

To bother, harass or annoy persistently.

* badger * bug * hound

(beflea)

To pester, as fleas do.

One of those bores / Who beflea'd with bad verses poor Louis Quatorze. ? Lowell, Fable for Critics.