dead-end vs sorehead

dead-end

noun
  • A position that offers no hope of progress. 

  • A road with no exit. 

verb
  • To come to a dead-end. 

adj
  • Going nowhere; blocked. 

sorehead

noun
  • A politician who is dissatisfied through failure, lack of recognition, etc. 

  • Fowlpox. 

  • A person who has a tendency to be angry or to feel offended. 

  • Infection in sheep by the nematode Elaeophora schneideri; elaeophorosis. 

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