haircut vs shearing

haircut

noun
  • The act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician. 

  • The difference between the value of a loan and the value of its collateral. 

  • The style into which the hair is cut. 

  • In a bankruptcy proceeding, the proportional reduction in the debt that will be paid to each creditor, based on an evaluation of the total debt owed and the total assets of the debtor. 

verb
  • To reduce the value assigned to an asset. 

shearing

noun
  • The act or operation of dividing with shears. 

  • Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions. 

  • The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal. 

  • The act or operation of reaping. 

  • The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth. 

  • The material cut off in this way. 

  • The process of preparing shear steel; tilting. 

adj
  • Tending to cut or tear. 

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