dilute vs snip

dilute

noun
  • An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual. 

adj
  • Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual. 

  • Having a low concentration. 

  • Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted. 

verb
  • To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares. 

  • To become attenuated, thin, or weak. 

  • To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance. 

  • To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water. 

snip

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

  • 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 small or weak person, especially a young one. 

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

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

  • To circumcise. 

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