attrit vs turnover

attrit

noun
  • One who voluntarily or involuntarily leaves a company; a termed employee. 

verb
  • To be reduced in quantity through attrition. 

  • To lose, or to kill, troops by attrition due to sustained firepower. 

  • To engage in attrition; to quit or drop out. 

  • To wear down through attrition, especially mechanical attrition. 

turnover

noun
  • The act or result of overturning something; an upset. 

  • The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period. 

  • The frequency with which stock is replaced after being used or sold, workers leave and are replaced, a property changes hands, etc. 

  • A semicircular pastry made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, enclosing the filling (usually fruit). 

  • A loss of possession of the ball without scoring. 

  • A measure of leg speed: the frequency with which one takes strides when running, typically given in strides per minute. 

adj
  • Capable of being turned over; designed to be turned over. 

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