char vs cinder

char

noun
  • A charred substance. 

  • A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady. 

  • An odd job, a chore or piece of housework. 

  • A character (text element such as a letter or symbol). 

  • One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus. 

verb
  • To work, especially to do housework; to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant. 

  • To burn something to charcoal. 

  • To burn slightly or superficially so as to affect colour. 

  • To work or hew (stone, etc.) 

cinder

noun
  • Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc. 

  • An ember. 

  • Slag from a metal furnace. 

verb
  • To cover with cinders. 

  • To reduce to cinders. 

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