gnat vs twerp

gnat

noun
  • An annoying person. 

  • Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera. 

twerp

noun
  • A fool, a twit. 

  • A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible. 

  • A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling). 

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