scuttering vs twinkle

scuttering

noun
  • The act of running with a light pattering noise; a skittering. 

twinkle

noun
  • A flitting movement. 

  • A brief moment; a twinkling. 

  • The female genitalia. 

  • A sparkle or glimmer of light. 

  • A sparkle of delight in the eyes. 

verb
  • To bat, blink or wink the eyes. 

  • To be bright with delight. 

  • To flit to and fro. 

  • To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer. 

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