nark vs tattletale

nark

noun
  • A police spy or informer. 

  • An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others. 

verb
  • To stop. 

  • To annoy or irritate. 

  • To serve or behave as a spy or informer. 

  • To complain. 

  • To watch; to observe. 

tattletale

noun
  • One who gossips, often for the sake of attention. 

  • One who tattles (reports others' wrongdoings), often a child seeking attention. 

adj
  • telltale; giveaway 

verb
  • To act as a tattletale; to tell on; to give away, reveal, or expose. 

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