crosscut vs snip

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. 

snip

verb
  • To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors. 

  • To break off; to snatch away. 

  • To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message. 

  • To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip. 

  • To circumcise. 

noun
  • A vasectomy. 

  • A small amount of something; a pinch. 

  • The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something. 

  • Something acquired for a low price; a bargain. 

  • A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool. 

  • A piece cut out by snipping. 

  • A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils. 

  • A small or weak person, especially a young one. 

  • An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors. 

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