aborted vs failed

aborted

adj
  • Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped. 

  • Brought forth prematurely. 

  • Checked in normal development at an early stage. 

failed

adj
  • Decayed; worn out. 

  • unsuccessful 

  • Bankrupt. 

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