cut out vs quit

cut out

verb
  • To leave suddenly. 

  • To take a ship out of a harbor etc. by getting between her and the shore. 

  • To intercept. 

  • To arrange or prepare. 

  • To remove, omit. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever. 

  • To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop/cease (doing something). 

  • To oust, to replace. 

  • To separate from a herd. 

  • To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected. 

adj
  • Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose. 

quit

verb
  • To leave (a place). 

  • To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit. 

  • To stop, give up (an activity) (usually + gerund or verbal noun). 

  • To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.). 

  • To close (an application). 

  • To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate. 

  • To abandon, renounce (a thing). 

noun
  • Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America. 

adj
  • Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid. 

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