avenue vs dead-end

avenue

noun
  • The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered. 

  • A method or means by which something may be accomplished. 

  • A broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction. 

  • A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit. 

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 avenue and dead-end occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )