gash vs pierce

gash

verb
  • To make a deep, long cut; to slash. 

adj
  • ghastly; hideous 

  • Of poor quality; makeshift; improvised; temporary; substituted. 

noun
  • A deep cut. 

  • A vulva. 

  • Rubbish on board an aircraft. 

  • Unused film or sound during film editing. 

  • Rubbish, spare kit. 

  • A woman. 

  • Poor quality beer, usually watered down. 

pierce

verb
  • To puncture; to break through. 

  • To penetrate; to affect deeply. 

  • To get to the heart or crux of (a matter). 

  • To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry. 

  • to break or interrupt abruptly 

noun
  • A pierced earring. 

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