colic vs scorn

colic

noun
  • Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions. 

  • A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms. 

  • Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems). 

adj
  • Relating to the colon; colonic. 

scorn

noun
  • A display of disdain; a slight. 

  • Contempt or disdain. 

  • An object of disdain, contempt, or derision. 

verb
  • To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise. 

  • To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself. 

  • To scoff, to express contempt. 

  • To reject, turn down. 

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