break off vs crosscut

break off

verb
  • To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping 

  • To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently. 

  • To end a relationship. 

crosscut

verb
  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

noun
  • A crosswise cut. 

  • A shortcut. 

  • A crosscut saw. 

  • A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. 

  • An instance of filmic crosscutting. 

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