prickly vs tickling

prickly

noun
  • Something that gives a pricking sensation; a sharp object. 

adv
  • In a prickly manner. 

adj
  • Covered with sharp points. 

  • Easily irritated. 

  • Difficult; complicated; hairy or thorny. 

tickling

noun
  • A sensation that tickles. 

  • The act by which someone is tickled. 

adj
  • That tickles 

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