fuss vs stink

fuss

noun
  • A complaint or noise; a scene. 

  • Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something. 

  • An exhibition of affection or admiration. 

verb
  • To show affection for, especially animals. 

  • To pet. 

  • To cry or be ill-humoured. 

  • To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust 

  • To be very worried or excited about something, often too much. 

stink

noun
  • A complaint or objection. 

  • A strong bad smell. 

adj
  • Bad; inferior; worthless. 

  • Bad-smelling, stinky. 

verb
  • To be greatly inferior; to perform badly. 

  • To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin. 

  • To cause to stink; to affect by a stink. 

  • To have a strong bad smell. 

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