cavil vs objection

cavil

noun
  • A petty or trivial objection or criticism. 

verb
  • To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons. 

objection

noun
  • The act of objecting. 

  • A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to). 

  • An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party. 

intj
  • An assertion that a question or statement is in violation of the rules of the court. 

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