scuff vs wear thin

scuff

verb
  • To hit lightly, to brush against. 

  • To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball. 

  • To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.) 

  • To scrape the feet while walking. 

noun
  • A mark left by scuffing or scraping. 

  • A scurf; a scale. 

  • The back part of the neck; the scruff. 

wear thin

verb
  • To lessen or weaken over time, as from overuse. 

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