mend vs slit

mend

verb
  • To repair (something that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or otherwise damaged) 

  • To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved. 

  • To put in a better state; to set right; to reform; 

  • To quicken 

  • To help, to advance, to further; to add to. 

noun
  • A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending. 

  • The act of repairing or recovering. 

slit

verb
  • To cut; to sever; to divide. 

  • To split into strips by lengthwise cuts. 

  • To cut a narrow opening. 

noun
  • A narrow cut or opening; a slot. 

  • The opening of the vagina. 

  • A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute. 

adj
  • Having a cut narrow opening 

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