dead-and-alive vs dying

dead-and-alive

adj

  • Synonym of dead-alive 

dying

adj

  • Approaching death; about to die; moribund. 

  • Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end. 

  • Pertaining to death, or the moments before death. 

noun

  • The process of approaching death; loss of life; death. 

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