scurry vs tarry

scurry

verb

  • To run with quick light steps, to scamper. 

noun

  • A dash. 

tarry

noun

  • A sojourn. 

adj

  • Resembling tar. 

  • Covered with tar. 

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