chunk vs shim

chunk

noun
  • A part of something that has been separated. 

  • A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster. 

  • A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block. 

  • A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular. 

  • A segment of a comedian's performance. 

verb
  • To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size. 

  • To throw. 

  • Deal a substantial amount of damage to an opponent. 

  • To break into large pieces or chunks. 

shim

noun
  • A wedge. 

  • A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes. 

  • A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support. 

  • A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds. 

  • A small metal device used to pick open a lock. 

  • A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite. 

  • A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite. 

verb
  • To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery. 

  • To adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field, after the mechanical devices once used for the purpose. 

  • To adjust something by using shims. 

  • To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes. 

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