enquiring vs nosy

enquiring

adj
  • Curious, inquisitive or investigative. 

noun
  • An instance of making an enquiry; an asking. 

nosy

adj
  • Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle. 

  • Having a large or elongated nose. 

noun
  • A look at something to satisfy one's curiosity. 

verb
  • To pry into something. 

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