damp squib vs disappointment

damp squib

noun
  • Anything that doesn’t work properly, or fails to come up to expectations; a dud. 

  • A firework that has been wet and therefore fails to go off correctly. 

disappointment

noun
  • An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved. 

  • The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens. 

  • Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment. 

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