writhe vs wry

writhe

verb
  • To contort (a part of the body). 

  • To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted. 

  • To twist, wring (something). 

  • To extort. 

noun
  • A contortion. 

  • The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot 

wry

verb
  • To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.). 

adj
  • Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place. 

  • Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). 

  • Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. 

  • Twisted, bent, crooked. 

noun
  • Distortion. 

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