abrasion vs crosscut

abrasion

noun
  • An abraded, scraped, or worn area. 

  • A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. 

  • The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it. 

  • The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing. 

  • The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. 

crosscut

noun
  • A crosswise cut. 

  • A shortcut. 

  • A crosscut saw. 

  • A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. 

  • An instance of filmic crosscutting. 

verb
  • To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. 

  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

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