fingerbreadth vs handspan

fingerbreadth

noun
  • A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger. 

handspan

noun
  • The distance between the outstretched tips of the little finger and thumb when used as a unit of measurement 

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