cutlass vs scalpel

cutlass

noun
  • A similarly shaped tool; a machete. 

  • A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship. 

verb
  • To cut back (vegetation) with a cutlass. 

scalpel

noun
  • A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork. 

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