jab vs prod

jab

noun
  • A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion. 

  • A mild verbal insult. 

  • A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation) 

  • A short straight punch. 

  • A vaccination, whether or not delivered via conventional injection. 

verb
  • To give someone an injection 

  • To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion. 

  • To deliver a quick punch. 

prod

noun
  • A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument. 

  • A production; a created work. 

  • A light kind of crossbow; a prodd. 

  • A poke. 

  • A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving. 

verb
  • To encourage, to prompt. 

  • To prick with a goad. 

  • To poke, to push, to touch. 

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