dearth vs loss

dearth

noun
  • Scarcity; a lack or short supply. 

  • A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine. 

loss

noun
  • Something that has been destroyed or ruined. 

  • The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement. 

  • The death of a person or animal. 

  • Defeat; an instance of being defeated. 

  • The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died. 

  • The sum an entity loses on balance. 

  • The destruction or ruin of an object. 

  • Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work. 

How often have the words dearth and loss occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )