nit vs twit

nit

noun
  • A fool, a nitwit. 

  • A nitpicker. 

  • A candela per square metre. 

  • A head louse regardless of its age. 

  • The egg of a louse. 

  • A young louse. 

  • Synonym of nat (“logarithmic unit of information”) 

  • A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style. 

  • A minor shortcoming. 

verb
  • To have the modus vivendi of a drug addict, to live the life of a nitty. 

twit

noun
  • A foolish or annoying person. 

  • A reproach, gibe or taunt. 

  • A person who twitters, i.e. chatters inanely. 

verb
  • To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease. 

  • To ignore or killfile (a user on a bulletin board system). 

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