alcove vs dead-end

alcove

noun

  • A shady retreat. 

  • A small recessed area set off from a larger room. 

dead-end

noun

  • A road with no exit. 

  • A position that offers no hope of progress. 

verb

  • To come to a dead-end. 

adj

  • Going nowhere; blocked. 

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