cutting vs insertion

cutting

noun
  • The action of the verb to cut. 

  • A section removed from a larger whole. 

  • The editing of film or other recordings. 

  • An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance. 

  • A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant. 

  • The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm. 

  • A newspaper clipping. 

  • An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through. 

  • The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material. 

adj
  • Of criticism, remarks, etc.: (potentially) hurtful. 

  • Of a beverage: half-sized. 

  • Piercing, sharp. 

  • That is used for cutting. 

insertion

noun
  • The act of inserting, or something inserted. 

  • With a nuclear bomb, the process of going from subcritical to prompt critical. 

  • The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle. 

  • The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation. 

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