snippet vs spalt

snippet

verb
  • To make small cuts, to snip, particularly with scissors. 

  • To produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt. 

noun
  • A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample. 

  • A text file containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase. 

spalt

verb
  • To break off pieces, or have them broken off, especially with an axe etc; to splinter. 

adj
  • Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy. 

  • Brittle. 

noun
  • Spelter. 

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