dead-end vs slit

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. 

slit

verb
  • To cut a narrow opening. 

  • To split into strips by lengthwise cuts. 

  • To cut; to sever; to divide. 

adj
  • Having a cut narrow opening 

noun
  • A narrow cut or opening; a slot. 

  • The opening of the vagina. 

  • A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute. 

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