cleft vs dint

cleft

noun
  • An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting. 

  • A piece made by splitting. 

  • A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. 

adj
  • split, divided, or partially divided into two. 

verb
  • To syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "The threat which I saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall." 

dint

noun
  • The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent. 

  • Force, power; especially in by dint of. 

verb
  • To dent. 

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