come to an end vs dead-end

come to an end

verb

  • To stop; to cease; to no longer continue. 

dead-end

verb

  • To come to a dead-end. 

adj

  • Going nowhere; blocked. 

noun

  • A road with no exit. 

  • A position that offers no hope of progress. 

How often have the words come to an end and dead-end occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )