dead-end vs derail

dead-end

verb
  • To come to a dead-end. 

adj
  • Going nowhere; blocked. 

noun
  • A road with no exit. 

  • A position that offers no hope of progress. 

derail

verb
  • To come off the tracks. 

  • To cause to deviate from a set course or direction. 

  • To cause to come off the tracks. 

  • To deviate from the previous course or direction. 

noun
  • An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic. 

  • Synonym of derailer: A device placed on railway tracks in order to cause a train to derail. 

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