carve vs notch

carve

verb
  • To take or make, as by cutting; to provide. 

  • To cut meat in order to serve it. 

  • To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work. 

  • To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path. 

  • To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan. 

noun
  • The act of carving 

notch

verb
  • To cut a notch in (something). 

  • To achieve (something); to add to one's score or record of successes. 

  • To join by means of notches. 

  • To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something. 

  • To fit (an arrow) to a bow by means of the notch cut at the end of the arrow; to nock. 

noun
  • An indentation. 

  • A mountain pass; a defile. 

  • A discontinuous change in a taxation schedule. 

  • Woman. 

  • Such a cut, used for keeping a record. 

  • A level or degree. 

  • A portion of a mobile phone that overlaps the edge of the screen, used to house camera, sensors etc. while maximizing screen space. 

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