distress vs scritch

distress

noun
  • A cause of such discomfort. 

  • The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction. 

  • Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. 

  • Serious danger. 

  • A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt. 

  • An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt. 

verb
  • To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age. 

  • To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain. 

  • To cause strain or anxiety to someone. 

scritch

noun
  • The act of scratching an itch. 

  • A light scratching sound, like a small animal burrowing. 

verb
  • To scratch so as to relieve an itch or irritation. 

  • To make a light scratching sound, like a small animal burrowing. 

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