skitter vs traipse

skitter

verb
  • To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry. 

  • To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering. 

  • To cause to have diarrhea. 

  • To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement. 

  • To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite. 

noun
  • Often skitters: the condition of suffering from diarrhea; thin excrement. 

  • A skittering movement. 

traipse

verb
  • to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly. 

  • To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount. 

  • To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort 

  • To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort. 

noun
  • A long or tiring walk. 

  • A meandering walk. 

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