ambition vs itch

ambition

noun
  • An object of an ardent desire. 

  • Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people. 

  • A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal. 

  • A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things. 

verb
  • To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. 

itch

noun
  • A constant teasing desire or want. 

  • A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area. 

verb
  • To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch. 

  • To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched. 

  • To cause to feel an itch. 

  • To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something. 

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