sneak vs tattletale

sneak

verb
  • To inform an authority of another's misdemeanours. 

  • To stealthily bring someone something. 

  • To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen. 

  • To take something stealthily without permission. 

noun
  • A cheat; a con artist. 

  • An informer; a tell-tale. 

  • The act of sneaking 

  • A sneaker; a tennis shoe. 

  • One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information. 

  • A play where the quarterback receives the snap and immediately dives forward. 

adj
  • In advance; before release to the general public. 

  • In a stealthy or surreptitious manner. 

tattletale

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

adj
  • telltale; giveaway 

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

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

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