brochette vs skewer

brochette

noun
  • Food cooked on such a device. 

  • A small skewer or spit on which small pieces of meat, fish or vegetables are roasted or broiled. 

skewer

noun
  • Food served on a skewer. 

  • That which skews something. 

  • A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking. 

  • A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece. 

verb
  • To impale on a skewer. 

  • To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it. 

  • To severely mock or discredit. 

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