nick vs notch

nick

verb
  • To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way. 

  • To make a cut at the side of the face. 

  • To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar. 

  • To steal. 

  • To arrest. 

  • To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher). 

noun
  • The point where the wall of the court meets the floor. 

  • One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation. 

  • Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state. 

  • A police station or prison. 

  • A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch. 

notch

verb
  • To cut a notch in (something). 

  • To achieve (something); to add to one's score or record of successes. 

  • To join by means of notches. 

  • To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something. 

  • To fit (an arrow) to a bow by means of the notch cut at the end of the arrow; to nock. 

noun
  • An indentation. 

  • A mountain pass; a defile. 

  • A discontinuous change in a taxation schedule. 

  • Woman. 

  • Such a cut, used for keeping a record. 

  • A level or degree. 

  • A portion of a mobile phone that overlaps the edge of the screen, used to house camera, sensors etc. while maximizing screen space. 

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