dead and gone vs deceased

dead and gone

adj
  • Synonym of dead and buried 

deceased

adj
  • Belonging to the dead. 

  • Overwhelmed to the point of being figuratively dead. 

  • One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal law, "the deceased" refers to the victim of a homicide. 

  • No longer alive; dead. 

noun
  • One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide. 

  • A dead person. 

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