death march vs traipse

death march

noun
  • A forced movement of people, on foot, in such circumstances that many die during the journey. 

  • Synonym of dead march (“mournful music for a funeral etc.”) 

  • A project that requires a stretch of unsustainable overwork, or whose participants feel it is destined to fail. 

traipse

noun
  • A long or tiring walk. 

  • A meandering walk. 

verb
  • To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount. 

  • To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort 

  • To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort. 

  • to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly. 

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