cripple vs fetter

cripple

verb
  • To nerf something which is overpowered. 

  • To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired. 

  • To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless. 

  • To damage seriously; to destroy. 

  • To cause severe and disabling damage; to make unable to function normally. 

noun
  • a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body. 

  • A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window. 

  • A rocky shallow in a stream. 

  • scrapple. 

fetter

verb
  • To restrain or impede; to hamper. 

  • To shackle or bind up with fetters. 

noun
  • A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural). 

  • Anything that restricts or restrains. 

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