hike vs shortcut

hike

noun
  • A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise. 

  • A sharp upward tug to raise something. 

  • An abrupt increase. 

  • The snap of the ball to start a play. 

verb
  • To take a long walk for pleasure or exercise. 

  • To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails. 

  • To unfairly or suddenly raise a price. 

  • To pull up or tug upwards sharply. 

  • To snap the ball to start a play. 

intj
  • Let's go; get moving. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher. 

shortcut

noun
  • A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths. 

  • A keyboard shortcut: a combination of keystrokes that provides easier access to a command or operation. 

  • A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps. 

  • A file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it. 

verb
  • To take or use a shortcut 

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