crosscut vs intersperse

crosscut

verb
  • To cut across something. 

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

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

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. 

intersperse

verb
  • To scatter or insert something into or among other things. 

  • To diversify by placing or inserting other things among something. 

  • To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other. 

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