blockbuster vs smash

blockbuster

noun
  • Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale 

  • A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80. 

  • Anything very large or powerful; a whopper. 

  • One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property). 

  • A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block. 

  • Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb. 

smash

noun
  • Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc). 

  • Airspeed; dynamic pressure. 

  • A traffic collision. 

  • The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together. 

  • A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink. 

  • A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward. 

verb
  • To ruin completely and suddenly. 

  • To break (something brittle) violently. 

  • To be destroyed by being smashed. 

  • To deform through continuous pressure. 

  • To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over. 

  • To have sexual intercourse with. 

  • To hit extremely hard. 

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