saw vs scissor

saw

verb
  • To cut (something) with a saw. 

  • To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw. 

  • To be cut with a saw. 

  • simple past tense of see 

  • To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw. 

noun
  • Such a tool with an abrasive coating instead of teeth. 

  • A sawtooth wave. 

  • A musical saw. 

  • A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal. 

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 saw and scissor occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )