grouch vs twining

grouch

noun

  • A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor. 

  • One who is grumpy or irritable. 

verb

  • To be grumpy or irritable; to complain. 

twining

noun

  • complaining or grumbling 

  • A layout or motion that twines. 

adj

  • That twines. 

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