intimate vs pry

intimate

verb
  • To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly. 

  • To notify. 

noun
  • A very close friend. 

  • Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store. 

adj
  • Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know. 

  • Closely acquainted; familiar. 

  • Very finely mixed. 

  • Of or involved in a sexual relationship. 

  • Personal; private. 

pry

verb
  • To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public. 

  • To inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy; to snoop. 

  • To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize. 

  • Usually followed by out (of): to draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort. 

noun
  • A tool for levering; a crowbar, a lever. 

  • A person who is very inquisitive or nosy; a busybody, a nosey parker. 

  • An act of prying; a close and curious look. 

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