cloth vs tatter

cloth

noun
  • A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose. 

  • A form of attire that represents a particular profession or status. 

  • Substance or essence; the whole of something complex. 

  • A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. 

  • Priesthood, clergy. 

  • Specifically, a tablecloth, especially as spread before a meal or removed afterwards. 

  • Appearance; seeming. 

tatter

noun
  • A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing. 

  • A person engaged in tatting. 

verb
  • To fall into tatters. 

  • To destroy an article of clothing etc. by shredding. 

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