make the cut vs suffice

make the cut

verb
  • To succeed at something or meet a requirement; to be chosen out of a field of candidates or possibilities. 

suffice

verb
  • To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough. 

  • To furnish; to supply adequately. 

  • To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of. 

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