crosscut vs pare

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. 

pare

verb
  • To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off. 

  • To trim the hoof of a horse. 

  • To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife. 

  • To sharpen a pencil. 

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