scutter vs shovel

scutter

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

  • To void thin excrement. 

noun
  • Thin excrement. 

  • A hasty run. 

shovel

verb
  • To move with a shoveling motion. 

  • To move materials with a shovel. 

noun
  • A mechanical part of an excavator with a similar function. 

  • A spade. 

  • A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. Not to be confused with a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots. 

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