niggard vs splurge

niggard

adj
  • Miserly or stingy. 

  • Sparing; stinting; parsimonious. 

noun
  • A false bottom in a grate, used for saving fuel. 

  • A miser or stingy person; a skinflint. 

verb
  • To hoard; to act stingily. 

splurge

noun
  • An extravagant indulgence; a spending spree. 

  • An extravagant or ostentatious display. 

verb
  • To (cause to) gush; to flow or move in a rush. 

  • To spend lavishly or extravagantly, especially money. 

  • To produce an extravagant or ostentatious display. 

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