scurry vs scutter

scurry

verb

  • To run with quick light steps, to scamper. 

noun

  • A dash. 

scutter

verb

  • To run with a light pattering noise; to skitter. 

  • To void thin excrement. 

noun

  • Thin excrement. 

  • A hasty run. 

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