dead-end vs recede

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. 

recede

verb
  • To move back; to retreat; to withdraw. 

  • To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor. 

  • To take back. 

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