scythe vs sword

scythe

verb
  • To attack or injure as if cutting. 

  • To use a scythe. 

  • To cut with a scythe. 

  • To cut off as with a scythe; to mow. 

noun
  • The tenth Lenormand card. 

  • A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots. 

  • An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath. 

sword

verb
  • To stab or cut with a sword 

noun
  • A suit in the minor arcana in tarot. 

  • The weapon, often used as a heraldic charge. 

  • A card of this suit. 

  • A long-bladed weapon device with a grip- a hilt (a pommel and cross guard), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack. 

  • One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. 

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