discomfort vs pricking

discomfort

noun
  • Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance. 

  • Mental or bodily distress. 

verb
  • To cause annoyance or distress to. 

pricking

noun
  • A sensation that pricks. 

  • The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point. 

  • The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness. 

  • A nicking. 

  • The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick. 

  • The act of tracing a hare by its footmarks. 

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