catty-corner vs crosswise

catty-corner

adv

  • Synonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from. 

adj

  • Synonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from one another. 

crosswise

adv

  • transversely; so as to lie across 

adj

  • crossing; lying across 

How often have the words catty-corner and crosswise occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )