chopping vs crosscut

chopping

noun
  • The action by which something is chopped. 

adj
  • Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other. 

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 chopping and crosscut occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )