sibilant vs snippy

sibilant

adj

  • Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack. 

noun

  • A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack. 

snippy

adj

  • stingy. 

  • fragmentary; snipped. 

  • irritable; impatient; short-tempered. 

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