compunction vs conscience

compunction

noun
  • A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting. 

conscience

noun
  • The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions. 

  • A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices. 

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