pluck vs shrink

pluck

noun
  • An instance of plucking or pulling sharply. 

  • Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence. 

  • The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals. 

  • Cheap wine. 

verb
  • To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation. 

  • To pull something sharply; to pull something out 

  • To pull or twitch sharply. 

  • To remove feathers from a bird. 

  • To play a string instrument pizzicato. 

  • To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc. 

  • Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing. 

shrink

noun
  • Shrinkage; contraction; recoil. 

  • A psychiatrist or psychotherapist. 

  • Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date. 

verb
  • To cause to become smaller. 

  • To withdraw or retire, as from danger. 

  • To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust. 

  • To cower or flinch. 

  • To draw back; to withdraw. 

  • To become smaller; to contract. 

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