180 vs about turn

180

noun
  • A complete change of direction or opinion. 

  • The friendly welcome was a 180 from what she had been expecting 

  • The exact opposite. 

  • An instance of spinning 180 degrees, so that one is facing in the opposite direction. 

about turn

noun
  • A complete change of opinion, direction, etc. 

  • Of a formation of soldiers, to reverse the direction in which they are facing; an about face. 

verb
  • To turn to face the opposite direction. 

How often have the words 180 and about turn occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )