prickle vs twinge

prickle

noun
  • A tingling sensation of mild discomfort. 

  • A kind of willow basket. 

  • A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn. 

verb
  • To feel a prickle. 

  • To cause (someone) to feel a prickle; to prick. 

twinge

noun
  • A sudden sharp pain. 

  • A pinch; a tweak; a twitch. 

verb
  • To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain. 

  • To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains. 

  • To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak. 

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