abend vs stop short

abend

verb
  • To terminate abnormally. 

noun
  • The abnormal termination of a program. 

  • Termination of a process prior to completion. 

stop short

verb
  • To voluntarily cease an attempt to reach a certain point. 

  • To come to a sudden and unexpected stop, particularly while speaking or driving a vehicle. 

  • To come to a stop before reaching a certain point. 

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