paring vs snipping

paring

noun
  • A fragment or shaving that has been pared. 

  • The cutting off of the surface of grassland for tillage. 

snipping

noun
  • A piece cut off; a clipping. 

  • The act by which something is snipped or cut. 

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