cull vs fritter

cull

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

  • A lobster having only one claw. 

  • A selection. 

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

  • An organised killing of selected animals. 

  • A fool, gullible person; a dupe. 

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. 

fritter

noun
  • A fragment; a shred; a small piece. 

  • A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter. 

verb
  • To break into small pieces or fragments. 

  • To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying. 

  • To sinter. 

  • To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination. 

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