broken down vs veteran

broken down

adj
  • Separated into component parts; decomposed; disassembled; deconstructed. 

  • No longer in working order; broken. 

  • Of a horse, no longer useful for work or riding due to illness or infirmity. 

  • Ruined in character or strength. 

veteran

noun
  • A person with long experience of a particular activity. 

  • A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity. 

  • A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service; also called a war veteran to distinguish from veterans who weren't in armed conflict. 

adj
  • Having had long experience, practice, or service. 

  • Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime. 

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