curmudgeon vs mope

curmudgeon

noun
  • An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions. 

mope

noun
  • A bottom feeder who "mopes" around a pornography studio hoping for his big break and often does bit parts in exchange for room and board and meager pay. 

  • The act of moping 

verb
  • To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk. 

  • To make spiritless and stupid. 

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