mutter vs twine

mutter

noun
  • A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering. 

  • Peas. 

verb
  • To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations. 

  • To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise. 

  • To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath. 

twine

noun
  • A twist; a convolution. 

  • A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string. 

  • Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations. 

  • The act of twining or winding round. 

verb
  • To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander. 

  • To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally. 

  • To weave together. 

  • To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body. 

  • To wind about; to embrace; to entwine. 

  • To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine. 

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