dead-end vs stumble

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. 

stumble

verb
  • To make a mistake or have trouble. 

  • To cause to stumble or trip. 

  • To trip or fall; to walk clumsily. 

  • To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, or against. 

  • To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall. 

noun
  • An error or blunder. 

  • A fall, trip or substantial misstep. 

  • A clumsy walk. 

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