fidget vs writhe

fidget

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

  • To cause to fidget; to make uneasy. 

noun
  • A person who fidgets, especially habitually. 

  • A nervous wriggling or twitching motion. 

  • A toy intended to be fidgeted with. 

writhe

verb
  • To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted. 

  • To twist, wring (something). 

  • To extort. 

  • To contort (a part of the body). 

noun
  • A contortion. 

  • The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot 

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