cross-grained vs touchy

cross-grained

adj
  • Difficult to deal with; contrary or troublesome. 

  • Having an irregular rather than a parallel grain. 

touchy

adj
  • Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness. 

  • Easily offended, oversensitive. 

  • Inclined to engage in physical touch. 

How often have the words cross-grained and touchy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )