penny-wise vs tightwad

penny-wise

adj
  • Thrifty in regards to small amounts of money. 

tightwad

noun
  • That tightwad would drive ten miles to save a few cents on gas. 

  • One who is stingy; someone overly cautious or defensive with money. 

How often have the words penny-wise and tightwad occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )