comfort vs scruple

comfort

verb
  • To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to. 

  • To make comfortable. 

noun
  • A cause of relief or satisfaction. 

  • Something that offers comfort. 

  • A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry. 

  • Contentment, ease. 

scruple

verb
  • To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience. 

  • To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple. 

  • To regard with suspicion; to question. 

noun
  • Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience. 

  • A weight of ¹⁄₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈). 

  • A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹⁄₁₀₈₀ hour. 

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