mite vs scruple

mite

noun
  • A small weight; one twentieth of a grain. 

  • A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ. 

  • Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. 

  • A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. 

  • Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari). 

  • A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal. 

scruple

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

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

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

verb
  • To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple. 

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

  • To regard with suspicion; to question. 

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