clog vs shut

clog

verb
  • To block or slow passage through (often with 'up'). 

  • To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex. 

  • To enforce a mortgage lender right that prevents a borrower from exercising a right to redeem. 

  • To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper. 

  • To perform a clog dance. 

noun
  • That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind. 

  • A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel. 

  • A blockage. 

  • A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion. 

  • A shoe of any type. 

shut

verb
  • To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. 

  • To confine in an enclosed area. 

  • To catch or snag in the act of shutting something. 

  • To close, to stop being open. 

  • To close, to stop from being open. 

  • To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed. 

adj
  • Closed; not open. 

noun
  • The act or time of shutting; close. 

  • The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together. 

  • A door or cover; a shutter. 

  • A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets. 

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