Clinch vs Sterling

Clinch

name
  • A river in Virginia and Tennessee, United States, a tributary of the Tennessee River, named after an 18th century explorer. 

  • A surname. 

Sterling

name
  • A census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. 

  • An English surname, thought to be a variant of Starling. 

  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname. 

  • A Scottish surname, variant of Stirling. 

  • A city in Rice County, Kansas, United States. 

  • A city, the county seat of Logan County, Colorado, United States. 

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