abend vs take a dive

abend

verb
  • To terminate abnormally. 

noun
  • The abnormal termination of a program. 

  • Termination of a process prior to completion. 

take a dive

verb
  • To lose or fail intentionally. 

  • To decline rapidly. 

  • To feign a knockout in order to lose intentionally. 

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