nitty vs persnickety

nitty

noun
  • A dope fiend, a druggie. 

adj
  • Foolish, inane. 

  • Of a poker player: playing in an overly cautious and reactive manner. 

  • detailed or specific; fastidious, fussy, nit-picky. 

persnickety

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