pluck vs snatch

pluck

verb
  • To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation. 

  • To pull something sharply; to pull something out 

  • To pull or twitch sharply. 

  • To remove feathers from a bird. 

  • To play a string instrument pizzicato. 

  • To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc. 

  • Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing. 

noun
  • Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence. 

  • The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals. 

  • An instance of plucking or pulling sharply. 

  • Cheap wine. 

snatch

verb
  • To grasp and remove quickly. 

  • To steal. 

  • To take (a victory) at the last moment. 

  • To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony. 

  • To attempt to seize something suddenly. 

  • To do something quickly in the limited time available. 

noun
  • A short period. 

  • A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. 

  • Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds. 

  • A quick grab or catch. 

  • The vulva. 

  • A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation. 

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