cross-border vs transnational

cross-border

adj

  • Taking place across a border. 

adv

  • Across a border. 

transnational

adj

  • Between or beyond national boundaries. 

  • Involving several nations or nationalities. 

noun

  • Someone operating in several countries. 

How often have the words cross-border and transnational occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )