abend vs grind to a halt

abend

verb

  • To terminate abnormally. 

noun

  • The abnormal termination of a program. 

  • Termination of a process prior to completion. 

grind to a halt

verb

  • To come to a standstill, or cease to be productive or make progress, due to an obstacle. 

How often have the words abend and grind to a halt occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )