clip vs help

clip

noun
  • Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another. 

  • A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. 

  • A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading. 

  • A newspaper clipping. 

  • A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video 

  • A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak. 

  • An act of clipping, such as a haircut. 

  • The product of a single shearing of sheep. 

  • The condition of something, its state. 

  • A removable magazine of a firearm. 

  • A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear) 

  • An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace. 

  • A season's crop of wool. 

verb
  • To curtail; to cut short. 

  • To grip tightly. 

  • To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier). 

  • To strike with the hand. 

  • to grab or take stealthily 

  • To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value. 

  • To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc. 

  • To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard. 

  • To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it. 

  • To hit or strike, especially in passing. 

  • To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play. 

  • To fasten with a clip. 

  • To cheat, swindle, or fleece. 

help

noun
  • Something or someone which provides assistance with a task. 

  • Action given to provide assistance; aid. 

  • Documentation provided with computer software, etc. and accessed using the computer. 

  • A study aid. 

  • One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise. 

  • Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training. 

verb
  • To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to. 

  • To provide assistance. 

  • To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can. 

  • To do something on the behalf of someone. 

  • To provide assistance to (someone or something). 

  • To contribute in some way to. 

intj
  • A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance 

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