fidget vs fritter

fidget

verb
  • To cause to fidget; to make uneasy. 

  • To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly. 

noun
  • A person who fidgets, especially habitually. 

  • A nervous wriggling or twitching motion. 

  • A toy intended to be fidgeted with. 

fritter

verb
  • To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination. 

  • To break into small pieces or fragments. 

  • To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying. 

  • To sinter. 

noun
  • A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter. 

  • A fragment; a shred; a small piece. 

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