hew off vs rend

hew off

rend

noun
  • A violent separation of parts. 

verb
  • To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate. 

  • To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split. 

  • To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst 

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