scutter vs spate

scutter

noun

  • A hasty run. 

  • Thin excrement. 

verb

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

  • To void thin excrement. 

spate

noun

  • A sudden rush or increase. 

  • A river flood; an overflow or inundation. 

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