crosscut vs direction

crosscut

noun
  • An instance of filmic crosscutting. 

  • 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. 

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

  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

direction

noun
  • The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc. 

  • Guidance, instruction. 

  • A general trend for future action. 

  • A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston). 

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