ague vs shiver

ague

noun
  • A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. 

  • The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever 

  • An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits. 

verb
  • To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit. 

shiver

noun
  • The act of shivering. 

  • A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter. 

  • Collective noun for a group of sharks 

  • A bodily response to early hypothermia.ᵂᵖ 

  • A sheave or small wheel in a pulley. 

  • A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone. 

  • A variety of blue slate. 

verb
  • To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened. 

  • To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind. 

  • To break into splinters or fragments. 

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