abroad vs at large

abroad

prep
  • Throughout, over. 

adv
  • Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed. 

  • Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries. 

  • Played elsewhere than one's home grounds. 

noun
  • Countries or lands abroad. 

at large

prep
  • In general; as a whole. 

  • Having an electorate across multiple districts. 

  • On the loose; roaming freely; not confined. 

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