nerd vs twerp

nerd

noun
  • A person who is intellectual but generally introverted. 

  • A member of a subculture revolving around intellectualism, video games, fantasy and science fiction, comic books and assorted media. 

  • One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something. 

twerp

noun
  • A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible. 

  • A fool, a twit. 

  • A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling). 

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