cave in vs splintering

cave in

noun
  • The act of something collapsing or caving in. 

  • The act of relenting. 

  • The location where something has caved in. 

verb
  • To collapse inward or downward. 

  • To relent; to grant approval against one's initial will. 

splintering

noun
  • The process or result of something being splintered. 

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