pricking vs tickling

pricking

noun
  • A sensation that pricks. 

  • The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point. 

  • The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness. 

  • A nicking. 

  • The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick. 

  • The act of tracing a hare by its footmarks. 

tickling

noun
  • A sensation that tickles. 

  • The act by which someone is tickled. 

adj
  • That tickles 

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