crisscross vs intercross

crisscross

verb
  • To move back and forth over or through. 

  • To mark with crossed lines. 

noun
  • A pattern of crossed lines. 

  • A mark or cross, such as the signature of a person who is unable to write. 

  • A kind of crossword puzzle having no clues or definitions, but only a list of words that must be fitted into the grid. 

adv
  • Crossing one another. 

adj
  • Marked with crossed lines. 

intercross

verb
  • To cross back over one another 

  • To breed two strains having a common ancestry with one another 

noun
  • The act or product of intercrossing 

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