dead-end vs impervious

dead-end

adj
  • Going nowhere; blocked. 

verb
  • To come to a dead-end. 

noun
  • A road with no exit. 

  • A position that offers no hope of progress. 

impervious

adj
  • Unaffected or unable to be affected by something. 

  • Immune to damage or effect. 

  • Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water. 

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