cull vs quote

cull

noun
  • A fool, gullible person; a dupe. 

  • A lobster having only one claw. 

  • A selection. 

  • An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded. 

  • A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen. 

  • An organised killing of selected animals. 

verb
  • To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner. 

  • To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group). 

  • To kill (animals etc). 

  • To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of. 

  • To gather, collect. 

quote

noun
  • A quotation; a statement attributed to a person. 

  • A price set for a financial security or commodity. 

  • A summary of work to be done with a set price. 

  • A quotation mark. 

verb
  • To repeat (the exact words of a person). 

  • To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price. 

  • To name the current price, notably of a financial security. 

  • To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation. 

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