dead-end vs nark

dead-end

verb
  • To come to a dead-end. 

noun
  • A road with no exit. 

  • A position that offers no hope of progress. 

adj
  • Going nowhere; blocked. 

nark

verb
  • To stop. 

  • To annoy or irritate. 

  • To serve or behave as a spy or informer. 

  • To complain. 

  • To watch; to observe. 

noun
  • An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others. 

  • A police spy or informer. 

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