dainty vs twang

dainty

noun
  • A delicacy (in taste). 

  • A fancy cookie, pastry, or square, frequently homemade, served at a social event. 

adj
  • Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating. 

  • Elegant; delicately small and pretty. 

twang

noun
  • A sharp, disagreeable taste or flavor. 

  • An annoying or stupid person, recalcitrant. 

  • The sound quality that appears in the human voice when the epilaryngeal tube is narrowed. 

  • A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars. 

  • A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice. 

  • The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument. 

verb
  • To produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go. 

  • To have a nasal sound. 

  • To have a trace of a regional or foreign accent. 

  • To play a stringed musical instrument by plucking and snapping. 

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