cleave vs scissor

cleave

verb
  • To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting. 

  • Followed by to or unto: to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something. 

  • To split. 

  • To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules. 

  • Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division. 

  • To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces. 

  • To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument. 

noun
  • Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass. 

scissor

verb
  • To cut using, or as if using, scissors. 

  • To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other. 

  • To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other. 

  • To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs. 

  • To excise or expunge something from a text. 

noun
  • One blade on a pair of scissors. 

  • Scissors. 

  • Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack. 

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